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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

XIX. Brahmins — AN 4.189: Things to be Realized

1“Mendicants, these four things should be realized. What four?

There are things to be realized directly. There are things to be realized with mindfulness. There are things to be realized with vision. There are things to be realized with wisdom.

What things are to be realized directly? The eight liberations.

2What things are to be realized with mindfulness? Past lives.

3What things are to be realized with vision? The passing away and rebirth of sentient beings.

4What things are to be realized with wisdom? The ending of defilements.

These are the four things to be realized.”

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, sacchikaraṇīyā dhammā. Katame cattāro?

Atthi, bhikkhave, dhammā kāyena sacchikaraṇīyā; atthi, bhikkhave, dhammā satiyā sacchikaraṇīyā; atthi, bhikkhave, dhammā cakkhunā sacchikaraṇīyā; atthi, bhikkhave, dhammā paññāya sacchikaraṇīyā.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā kāyena sacchikaraṇīyā? Aṭṭha vimokkhā, bhikkhave, kāyena sacchikaraṇīyā.

2Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā satiyā sacchikaraṇīyā? Pubbenivāso, bhikkhave, satiyā sacchikaraṇīyo.

3Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā cakkhunā sacchikaraṇīyā? Sattānaṁ cutūpapāto, bhikkhave, cakkhunā sacchikaraṇīyo.

4Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā paññāya sacchikaraṇīyā? Āsavānaṁ khayo, bhikkhave, paññāya sacchikaraṇīyo.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro sacchikaraṇīyā dhammā"ti.

Navamaṁ.