Aṇguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
XIV. Yodh-ā-jīva Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
or
More-Numbered Suttas
III. The Book of the Threes
XIV. The Fighting-Man
Sutta 140
Mora-Nivāpa Suttaṃ
Peacocks' Feeding-Ground[1]
Translated from the Pali by
F.L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1] THUS HAVE I HEARD
Once the Exalted One was staying near Rājagaha
at the Peacocks' Feeding-ground,
in the Wanderers' Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks!"
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, if he be gifted with three qualities,
a monk is fully[2] proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he.[3]
What are the three qualities?
The aggregate of virtues,
of concentration,
of insight belonging to the adept.
Gifted with these three qualities,
a monk is fully proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he.
§
2. Monks, gifted with three qualities,
a monk is fully proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he.
What are the three?
The marvel of more-power,
the marvel of mind-reading,
the marvel of teaching.[4]
Gifted with these three qualities,
a monk is fully proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he.
§
3. Gifted with other three qualities,
a monk is fully proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he.
What three?
Right view,
right understanding
and right release.
Gifted with these three[5] qualities,
a monk is fully proficient,
has fully reached release from toil,
fully lived the holy life,
has fully reached the goal,
best of devas and mankind is he."
[1] Mora-nivāpa, D. ii, 116; UdA. (kalandaka-n.). The name occurs at A. v, 326 in the same context, where v.l. is -nivāsa, and D. iii, 39; M. ii, 1.
[2] Accanta = niṭṭha = antaṃ atikkanta-, akuppa-, dhuva-niṭṭha. Comy.
[3] As at S. iii, 13; Dialog. ii, 316.
[5] A. v adds vijjā-caraṇena to these three sets.
