{"id":"an7.95","title":"Observing Impermanence in the Eye","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.95","title":"Observing Impermanence in the Eye","units":[{"id":"an7.95:0","sourceIds":["an7.95:0.1","an7.95:0.2","an7.95:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7\n10. Āhuneyyavagga\n~","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.95\n10. Worthy of Offerings\nObserving Impermanence in the Eye"}},{"id":"an7.95:1","sourceIds":["an7.95:1.1","an7.95:1.2","an7.95:1.3","an7.95:1.4","an7.95:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā …pe… dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nKatame satta?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharati aniccasaññī aniccapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.\nSo āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paṭhamo puggalo āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo …pe… 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 the eye. They perceive impermanence and experience impermanence. Constantly, continually, and without interruption, they apply the mind and fathom with wisdom.\nThey realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nThis is the first individual who is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world."}},{"id":"an7.95:2","sourceIds":["an7.95:2.1","an7.95:2.2","an7.95:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo cakkhusmiṁ 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 the eye. …\nTheir defilements and their life come to an end at exactly the same time.\nThis is the second individual who is worthy of offerings …"}},{"id":"an7.95:3","sourceIds":["an7.95:3.1","an7.95:3.2","an7.95:3.3","an7.95:3.4","an7.95:3.5","an7.95:3.6","an7.95:3.7","an7.95:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo cakkhusmiṁ 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 …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti.","en":"Next, take an individual who meditates observing impermanence in the eye. …\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/an7.95/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."}