Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
VII: Saññā Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
VII: Thoughts
Sutta 61
Paṭhama Saññā Suttaṃ
Thoughts (a)[1]
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1][olds][bodh] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied; and the Exalted One said:
"Monks,[2] these five thoughts,
when made become,
made an increase in,
are very fruitful,
of great advantage,
merging in the deathless,
having the deathless as their goal.
What five?
The thought of foulness;
the thought of death;
the thought of peril;
the thought of the cloying of food;
the sense of distaste as to the world.
Verily, monks, these five thoughts,
when made become,
made an increase in,
are very fruitful,
of great advantage,
merging in the deathless,
having the deathless as their goal.'
[1] Saññā, as vague a term as is popularly our 'thought.'
[2] Cf. D. iii, 289; S. v, 132; A. i, 41, etc.
