Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā Vagga
The Book of Tens
Sutta 101
Samaṇa-Saññā Suttaṃ
A Seeker's Perceptions
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time the Lucky Man said this to the beggars:
"Beggars!"
And the beggars responding "Elder!" the Lucky Man said this:
"There are three perceptions of the seeker
which if made become,
made a big thing of,
fulfil seven things.
What three?
[1] 'I have come to the state of the outcast;
[2] my life has been reduced to complete dependence;
[3] what is proper for me is now different.'
These three perceptions of the seeker,
if made become,
made a big thing of,
fulfil seven things.
What seven?
[1] Ethical conduct that is uninterrupted,
that is made in an unbroken stretch,
that evolves into an unbroken stretch;
[2] having no covetousness;
[3] having no deviousness;
[4] disinclination to arrogance;
[5] delight in training;
[6] thinking 'This is the purpose!'
with regard to the essentials of life;
[7] and living charged with energy.
These are the seven things
which are fulfilled
when the three perceptions of the seeker
are made become,
made a big thing of.
These are the three perceptions of the seeker
which if made become,
made a big thing of,
fulfil seven things."
