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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: 28 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/28/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta, section 28. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/28/"
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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.

## 28. The Chapter on Inspiring Qualities · AN 1.378–1.393

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/28/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/28/#p-N

[¶0] AN 1.378

> Pali: AN 1.378

[¶1] “Mendicants, this is definitely something worth having, that is, living in the wilderness …

> Pali: “Addhamidaṁ, bhikkhave, lābhānaṁ yadidaṁ āraññikattaṁ …pe…

[¶2] AN 1.379

> Pali: AN 1.379

[¶3] eating only almsfood …

> Pali: piṇḍapātikattaṁ …

[¶4] AN 1.380

> Pali: AN 1.380

[¶5] wearing rag robes …

> Pali: paṁsukūlikattaṁ …

[¶6] AN 1.381

> Pali: AN 1.381

[¶7] having just three robes …

> Pali: tecīvarikattaṁ …

[¶8] AN 1.382

> Pali: AN 1.382

[¶9] teaching Dhamma …

> Pali: dhammakathikattaṁ …

[¶10] AN 1.383

> Pali: AN 1.383

[¶11] memorizing the monastic law …

> Pali: vinayadharattaṁ …

[¶12] AN 1.384

> Pali: AN 1.384

[¶13] being very learned …

> Pali: bāhusaccaṁ …

[¶14] AN 1.385

> Pali: AN 1.385

[¶15] being respected …

> Pali: thāvareyyaṁ …

[¶16] AN 1.386

> Pali: AN 1.386

[¶17] being well-mannered …

> Pali: ākappasampadā …

[¶18] AN 1.387

> Pali: AN 1.387

[¶19] having a following …

> Pali: parivārasampadā …

[¶20] AN 1.388

> Pali: AN 1.388

[¶21] having a large following …

> Pali: mahāparivāratā …

[¶22] AN 1.389

> Pali: AN 1.389

[¶23] coming from a good family …

> Pali: kolaputti …

[¶24] AN 1.390

> Pali: AN 1.390

[¶25] being handsome …

> Pali: vaṇṇapokkharatā …

[¶26] AN 1.391

> Pali: AN 1.391

[¶27] being one who enunciates well …

> Pali: kalyāṇavākkaraṇatā …

[¶28] AN 1.392

> Pali: AN 1.392

[¶29] having few wishes …

> Pali: appicchatā …

[¶30] AN 1.393

> Pali: AN 1.393

[¶31] being healthy.”

> Pali: appābādhatā”ti.

[¶32] > Pali: (Soḷasa pasādakaradhammā niṭṭhitā.)