Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā-Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XI: Ideas of a Recluse

Sutta 109

Vamana (Niddhamanaṃ) Suttaṃ

Ejection^[1]

Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.

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[1] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, physicians administer an emetic
for checking sickness arising from bile,
phlegm,
for checking sickness arising from wind.

This is an emetic, monks, but not a wiping out,
I declare.

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Now, monks, I will teach you the Ariyan emetic,
an emetic which works and fails not;
an emetic by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair.

Do ye listen to it attentively and I will speak."

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"We will, sir," replied those monks to the Exalted One,
who said this:

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'And of what sort, monks,
is the Ariyan emetic which works and fails not;
an emetic by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair?

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For one who has right view, monks,
wrong view is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong view -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right view
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right thinking, monks,
wrong thinking is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong thinking -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right thinking
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right speech, monks,
wrong speech is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong speech -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right speech
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right action, monks,
wrong action is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong action -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right action
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right living, monks,
wrong living is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong living -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right living
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right effort, monks,
wrong effort is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong effort -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right effort
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right mindfulness, monks,
wrong mindfulness is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong mindfulness -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right mindfulness
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right concentration, monks,
wrong concentration is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong concentration -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right concentration
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right right knowledge, monks,
wrong knowledge is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong knowledge -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right knowledge
reach fullness of culture.

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For one who has right release, monks,
wrong release is vomited away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong release -
those also are vomited away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right release
reach fullness of culture.

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This indeed, monks, is the Ariyan emetic,
is the Ariyan emetic which works and fails not;
an emetic by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair."

 

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^[1] Niddhamanaṃ is the uddāna (title) of this sutta, for text's vamaṇa (vomit).