Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā-Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XI: Ideas of a Recluse

Sutta 106

Nijjara Suttaṃ

Causes of Wearing Out

Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.

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[1] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these ten bases of wearing out.^[1]

What ten?

For one who has right view, monks,
wrong view is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong view -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right view,
reach fullness of culture.^[2]

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[152] For one who has right thinking, monks,
wrong thinking is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong thinking -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right thinking,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right speech, monks,
wrong speech is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong speech -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right speech,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right action, monks,
wrong action is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong action -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right action,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right living,
wrong living is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong living -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right living,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right effort,
wrong effort is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong effort -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right effort,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right mindfulness,
wrong mindfulness is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong mindfulness -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right mindfulness,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right concentration,
wrong concentration is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong concentration -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right concentration,
reach fullness of culture.

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[216]For one who has right knowledge,
wrong knowledge is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong knowledge -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right knowledge,
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right release,
wrong release is worn out,
and those divers evil, unprofitable states
which come into being
because of wrong release -
those also are worn out in him;
while those divers good, profitable states,
due to right release,
reach fullness of culture.

These, monks, are the ten basic causes of wearing out.'

 

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^[1] Nijjara; cf. G.S. ii, 209.

^[2] Bhāvanā-pāripūriṃ, A. i, 43.