Aṇguttara-Nikāya
II. Duka Nipāta
XV. Samāpatti[1] Vagga
The Book of Twos
Suttas 162-178
Steady as She Goes
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Sutta 162
[162.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.[2]
What two?
Skill at staying on course
and skill at rising up from the course.[3]
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 163
[163.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Uprightness and pliability.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 164
[164.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Forebearance and being sweet-natured.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 165
[165.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Friendliness and welcome reception.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamm,
I say."
§
Sutta 166
[166.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Harmlessness and being washed clean.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 167
[167.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Not guarding the forces and
eating without measure.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 168
[168.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Guarding the forces and
eating with measure.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 169
[169.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
The ability to reconsider and
the ability to evolve.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 170
[170.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
The ability to remember and
the ability to focus.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 171
[171.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Calm and review.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 172
[172.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Deviant ethics and
deviant point of view.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 173
[173.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Ethics that are on track and
point of view that is on track.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 174
[174.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Purity of ethics and
purity of point of view.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 175
[175.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Purity of view and
exertion according to view.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 176
[176.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Discontent with skillful things and
unwavering exertion.[4]
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 177
[177.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Misremembering reality and
lack of self-knowledge.[5]
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
§
Sutta 178
[178.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.
What two?
Memory and self-knowledge.
Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."
[1]Samāpatti PED: (f.) [from saṇ+ā+pad] attainment A 3.5; S II.150 sq.; IV.293
sama = even; a = to; pad = path. "Steady as she goes." "On the right track." "On course."
[2] See: AN 2 86-96 n1
[3] Always translated 'attainment and emergence'; my reading points to skill not only in emerging from jhāna into ordinary life, but in rising above jhāna, breaking free from jhāna. Jhāna, or the course, is not the goal.
[4] Asantuṭṭhitā ca kusalesu dhammesu appaṭivānitā ca padhānasmiṃ. Woodward: Discontent with good states and disinclination for striving. But also the much-heard:
"Two things, monks, I have realized: To be discontented in good states and not to shrink back from the struggle."
See also footnote AN 2 5 n 21
PED: Discontent with good states and the not shrinking back in the struggle.
[5]"To thyne own self be true."
