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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

VIII. Perfection — AN 6.76: Perfection

1“Mendicants, without giving up six things you can’t realize perfection. What six? Conceit, inferiority complex, superiority complex, overestimation, obstinacy, and groveling. Without giving up these six qualities you can’t realize perfection.

2After giving up six things you can realize perfection. What six? Conceit, inferiority complex, superiority complex, overestimation, obstinacy, and groveling. After giving up these six things you can realize perfection.”

1"Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Mānaṁ, omānaṁ, atimānaṁ, adhimānaṁ, thambhaṁ, atinipātaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

2Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Mānaṁ, omānaṁ, atimānaṁ, adhimānaṁ, thambhaṁ, atinipātaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun"ti.

Dutiyaṁ.