Aṇguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
V. Mahāyañña Vagga
The Book of Sevens
Sutta 42
Satta Samādhi-Parikkhāra Suttaṃ
Seven Prerequisites for Serenity
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time, Bhagava, Sāvatthi-town revisiting.
"Seven, beggars, are the prerequisites for serenity.[1]
What seven?
2. High thesis,
high principles,
high speech,
high works,
high lifestyle,
high self-control,
high mind.
Whatever then, beggars,
is the unification of the heart by
this seven dimensional prerequisite
this is called, beggars:
"Aristocratic high serenity,
with set-up just so,
with prerequisite just so."
[1] Samādhi-parikkhāra. Samādhi = serenity; parikkhāra = necessaries, not superfluous extras as is implied by the translation 'adornments.' A bhikkhu's bowl is a 'parikkhara,' 'requisite,'; not an adornment.
