Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
X: Asura Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter X: Asuras
Sutta 92
Paṭhama Samādhi Suttaṃ
Concentration (a)[1]
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1] Thus have I heard:
On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, these four persons are found existing in the world.
What four?
Herein, monks, a certain person
is one who gains mental calm of the self,
but does not gain the higher wisdom
of insight into things.[2]
[102] Herein again, monks, a certain person
is one who gains the higher wisdom
of insight into things
but does not gain mental calm of the self.
Herein again, monks, a certain person
is one who gains neither mental calm of the self,
nor the higher wisdom
of insight into things.
Yet again a certain person
is one who gains mental calm of the self,
and the higher wisdom
of insight into things.
These four persons are found existing in the world.'
[1] The title for these three suttas is that of the uddāna.
[2] Adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā. Cf. Dial. i, 237 n. Here dhamma = dhammā, viz. sankhārā, etc. (Comy.), as shown in § 4.
