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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

11: The Book of the Elevens

III. Similarity — AN 11.502-981:

“Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can maintain and expand a herd of cattle. What eleven? It’s when a cowherd knows form …

In the same way, a mendicant with eleven qualities can meditate observing impermanence in the eye … … meditate observing letting go. …”

Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako bhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātikātuṁ. Katamehi ekādasahi? Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako rūpaññū hoti … pe … .

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharituṁ … pe … paṭinissaggānupassī viharitunti.