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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 16 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/16/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta, section 16. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/16/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in ones: one thing that obsesses the mind, one thing that leads to great harm, the one person born for the welfare of the world.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 16. Chapter Three · AN 1.209–1.218

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/16/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/16/#p-N

[¶0] AN 1.209

> Pali: AN 1.209

[¶1] “The foremost of my monk disciples who want to train is Rāhula.”

> Pali: “Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhākāmānaṁ yadidaṁ rāhulo.

[¶2] AN 1.210

> Pali: AN 1.210

[¶3] “… who went forth out of faith is Raṭṭhapāla.”

> Pali: … Saddhāpabbajitānaṁ yadidaṁ raṭṭhapālo.

[¶4] AN 1.211

> Pali: AN 1.211

[¶5] “… who are the first to vote is Kuṇḍadhāna.”

> Pali: … Paṭhamaṁ salākaṁ gaṇhantānaṁ yadidaṁ kuṇḍadhāno.

[¶6] AN 1.212

> Pali: AN 1.212

[¶7] “… who are eloquent poets is Vaṅgīsa.”

> Pali: … Paṭibhānavantānaṁ yadidaṁ vaṅgīso.

[¶8] AN 1.213

> Pali: AN 1.213

[¶9] “… who are impressive all around is Upasena son of Vaṅgantā.”

> Pali: … Samantapāsādikānaṁ yadidaṁ upaseno vaṅgantaputto.

[¶10] AN 1.214

> Pali: AN 1.214

[¶11] “… who assign lodgings is Dabba the Mallian.”

> Pali: … Senāsanapaññāpakānaṁ yadidaṁ dabbo mallaputto.

[¶12] AN 1.215

> Pali: AN 1.215

[¶13] “… who are beloved of the deities is Pilindavaccha.”

> Pali: … devatānaṁ piyamanāpānaṁ yadidaṁ pilindavaccho.

[¶14] AN 1.216

> Pali: AN 1.216

[¶15] “… with swift insight is Bāhiya of the Bark Cloth.”

> Pali: … Khippābhiññānaṁ yadidaṁ bāhiyo dārucīriyo.

[¶16] AN 1.217

> Pali: AN 1.217

[¶17] “… with brilliant speech is Kassapa the Prince.”

> Pali: … Cittakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ kumārakassapo.

[¶18] AN 1.218

> Pali: AN 1.218

[¶19] “… who have attained the methods of textual analysis is Mahākoṭṭhita.”

> Pali: … Paṭisambhidāpattānaṁ yadidaṁ mahākoṭṭhito”ti.

[¶20] > Pali: Vaggo tatiyo.