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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: 20 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/20/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta, section 20. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/20/"
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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.

## 20. Chapter Seven · AN 1.258–1.266

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/20/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/20/#p-N

[¶0] AN 1.258

> Pali: AN 1.258

[¶1] “The foremost of my laywomen disciples in first going for refuge is Sujātā of the town of Senā.”

> Pali: “Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantīnaṁ yadidaṁ sujātā seniyadhītā.

[¶2] AN 1.259

> Pali: AN 1.259

[¶3] “… as a donor is Visākhā, Migāra’s mother.”

> Pali: … Dāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ visākhā migāramātā.

[¶4] AN 1.260

> Pali: AN 1.260

[¶5] “… who are very learned is Khujjuttarā.”

> Pali: … Bahussutānaṁ yadidaṁ khujjuttarā.

[¶6] AN 1.261

> Pali: AN 1.261

[¶7] “… who dwell in love is Sāmāvatī.”

> Pali: … Mettāvihārīnaṁ yadidaṁ sāmāvatī.

[¶8] AN 1.262

> Pali: AN 1.262

[¶9] “… who practice absorption is Uttarā, Nanda’s mother.”

> Pali: … Jhāyīnaṁ yadidaṁ uttarānandamātā.

[¶10] AN 1.263

> Pali: AN 1.263

[¶11] “… who give fine things is Suppavāsā the Koliyan.”

> Pali: … Paṇītadāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ suppavāsā koliyadhītā.

[¶12] AN 1.264

> Pali: AN 1.264

[¶13] “… who care for the sick is the laywoman Suppiyā.”

> Pali: … Gilānupaṭṭhākīnaṁ yadidaṁ suppiyā upāsikā.

[¶14] AN 1.265

> Pali: AN 1.265

[¶15] “… who have experiential confidence is Kātiyānī.”

> Pali: … Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ kātiyānī.

[¶16] AN 1.266

> Pali: AN 1.266

[¶17] “… who are trusting is the housewife Nakula’s mother.”

> Pali: … Vissāsikānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulamātā gahapatānī.