2. Nāthavagga — Tripiṭaka Reader

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.12

Numbered Discourses 10.12

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2. Nāthavagga

2. A Protector

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Pañcaṅgasutta

Five Factors

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“Pañcaṅgavippahīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.

“Mendicants, in this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.

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Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti?

And how has a mendicant given up five factors?

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Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāmacchando pahīno hoti, byāpādo pahīno hoti, thinamiddhaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, vicikicchā pahīnā hoti.

It’s when a mendicant has given up sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

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Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti.

That’s how a mendicant has given up five factors.

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Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti?

And how does a mendicant have five factors?

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Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti.

It’s when a mendicant has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and knowledge and vision of freedom.

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Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti.

That’s how a mendicant has five factors.

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Pañcaṅgavippahīno kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.

In this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.

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Kāmacchando ca byāpādo,

Sensual desire, ill will,

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thinamiddhañca bhikkhuno;

dullness and drowsiness,

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Uddhaccaṁ vicikicchā ca,

restlessness, and doubt

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sabbasova na vijjati.

are not found in a mendicant at all.

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Asekhena ca sīlena,

That sort are accomplished

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asekhena samādhinā;

in an adept’s ethics,

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Vimuttiyā ca sampanno,

an adept’s immersion,

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ñāṇena ca tathāvidho.

and freedom and knowledge.

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Sa ve pañcaṅgasampanno,

Possessing these five factors,

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pañca aṅge vivajjayaṁ;

and rid of five factors,

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Imasmiṁ dhammavinaye,

in this teaching and training

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kevalī iti vuccatī”ti.

they’re called ‘consummate’.”

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Dutiyaṁ.