Aṇguttara Nikāya
Chakka-Nipāta
III: Anuttariya-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sixes
Chapter III: Above All
Sutta 22
Aparihānīya-Dhamma Suttaṃ
The Unfailing
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, six are these things
that fail not
I will teach you;
listen,
pay heed and I will speak.
And what, monks, are these six?
Delighting not in worldly activity,[1]
in talk,
in sleep,
in company;
fair speech
and friendship with good men.
Verily, monks, these are the six things
that fail not.
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Monks, all those who
in the long road of the past
have failed not in righteousness,
have failed not in righteousness
just because of these six things;
all those who in the long road of the future
shall fail not in righteousness,
shall fail not in righteousness,
just because of these six things;
yea, monks, all who now fail not in righteousness,
fail not in righteousness
just because of these six things.'
[1] Kamma.
Of Related Interest:
See AN 6.21 for what was probably the beginning of this sutta.
