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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

II. Tendencies — AN 7.20: Qualifications for Graduation

1“Mendicants, there are these seven qualifications for graduation. What seven? It’s when a mendicant has a keen enthusiasm to undertake the training … to examine the teachings … to get rid of desires … for retreat … to rouse up energy … for mindfulness and alertness … to penetrate theoretically. And they don’t lose these desires in the future. These are the seven qualifications for graduation.”

1"Sattimāni, bhikkhave, niddasavatthūni. Katamāni satta?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sikkhāsamādāne tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca sikkhāsamādāne avigatapemo, dhammanisantiyā tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca dhammanisantiyā avigatapemo, icchāvinaye tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca icchāvinaye avigatapemo, paṭisallāne tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca paṭisallāne avigatapemo, vīriyārambhe tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca vīriyārambhe avigatapemo, satinepakke tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca satinepakke avigatapemo, diṭṭhipaṭivedhe tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca diṭṭhipaṭivedhe avigatapemo. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, satta niddasavatthūnī"ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Anusayavaggo dutiyo.

2Duve anusayā kulaṁ,
Puggalaṁ udakūpamaṁ;
Aniccaṁ dukkhaṁ anattā ca,
Nibbānaṁ niddasavatthu cāti.