Aṇguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
X. Ānisaṇsa Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sixes
Chapter X: Advantages

Sutta 101

Nibbāna Suttaṃ

Nibbāna

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:

'Verily, monks, that a monk who perceives Ill in Nibbāna
shall live in harmony and patience -
that cannot be;

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that without harmony and patience,
he shall enter the right way -
that cannot be;

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that without entering the right way,
he shall realize the fruit of Streamwinning,
the fruit of Once-returning,
the fruit of Non-returning
arahantship
that cannot be.

 

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But, monks, that a monk who perceives happiness in Nibbāna
shall live in harmony and patience -
that shall surely be;

■

that with harmony and patience,
he shall enter the right way -
that shall surely be;

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that with entering the right way,
he shall realize the fruit of Streamwinning,
the fruit of Once-returning,
the fruit of Non-returning
arahantship
that shall surely be.