{"id":"an7.16","title":"Observing Impermanence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.16","title":"Observing Impermanence","units":[{"id":"an7.16:0","sourceIds":["an7.16:0.1","an7.16:0.2","an7.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.16\n2. Anusayavagga\nAniccānupassīsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.16\n2. Tendencies\nObserving Impermanence"}},{"id":"an7.16:1","sourceIds":["an7.16:1.1","an7.16:1.2","an7.16:1.3","an7.16:1.4","an7.16:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nKatame satta?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sabbasaṅkhāresu aniccānupassī viharati, aniccasaññī, aniccapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.\nSo āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo puggalo āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.","en":"“Mendicants, these seven individuals are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world.\nWhat seven?\nFirst, take an individual who meditates observing impermanence in all conditions. They perceive impermanence and experience impermanence. Constantly, continually, and without interruption, they apply the mind and fathom with wisdom.\nThey’ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nThis is the first individual."}},{"id":"an7.16:2","sourceIds":["an7.16:2.1","an7.16:2.2","an7.16:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo sabbasaṅkhāresu aniccānupassī viharati, aniccasaññī, aniccapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.\nTassa apubbaṁ acarimaṁ āsavapariyādānañca hoti jīvitapariyādānañca.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo puggalo āhuneyyo …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.","en":"Next, take an individual who meditates observing impermanence in all conditions.\nTheir defilements and their life come to an end at exactly the same time.\nThis is the second individual."}},{"id":"an7.16:3","sourceIds":["an7.16:3.1","an7.16:3.2","an7.16:3.3","an7.16:3.4","an7.16:3.5","an7.16:3.6","an7.16:3.7","an7.16:3.8","an7.16:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo sabbasaṅkhāresu aniccānupassī viharati, aniccasaññī, aniccapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.\nSo pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā antarāparinibbāyī hoti …pe…\nupahaccaparinibbāyī hoti …pe…\nasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti …pe…\nsasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti …pe…\nuddhaṁsoto hoti akaniṭṭhagāmī.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, sattamo puggalo āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Next, take an individual who meditates observing impermanence in all conditions.\nWith the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next. …\nWith the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing. …\nWith the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort. …\nWith the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort. …\nWith the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.\nThis is the seventh individual.\nThese are the seven individuals who are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.16/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}