Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
11. Phāsu-Vihāra Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The book of the Fives
Chapter XI: The Abodes of Comfort
Sutta 108
Asekha Suttaṃ
No Need to Train[1]
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] 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, possessed of five things
a monk is worthy of offerings,
worthy of gifts,
worthy of oblations,
meet to be reverently saluted,
the world's unsurpassed field for merit.
Of what five?
Herein,[2] monks,
a monk is possessed of the whole body of virtue,
with no need to train;
a monk is possessed of the whole body of concentration,
with no need to train
a monk is possessed of the whole body of insight,
with no need to train
a monk is possessed of the whole body of emancipation,
with no need to train
a monk is possessed of the whole body of the knowledge and vision of emancipation,
with no need to train.
Verily, monks, possessed of these five things
a monk is worthy of offerings,
worthy of gifts,
worthy of oblations,
meet to be reverently saluted,
the world's unsurpassed field for merit.'
[1] Asekhiyā.
[2] This recurs at D. iii, 279; S. i, 99 (cf. v, 162); A. i, 162 (G.S. i, 144); v, 16; below p. 271 of text; for 3 see It. 51. In this and following sutta Nyāṇatiloka suppresses several terms.
