6: The Book of the Sixes
XII. The Ascetic Life — AN 6.117: Observing the Body
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body. What six? Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much. Without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body.
2But after giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body. What six? Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much. After giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body.”
1"Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ. Katame cha? Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.
2Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ. Katame cha? Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharitun"ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.