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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: 3 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/3/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta, section 3. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/3/"
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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.

## 3. The Chapter on the Unworkable · AN 1.21–1.30

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/3/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/3/#p-N

[¶0] AN 1.21

> Pali: AN 1.21

[¶1] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so unworkable as this mind that is not developed. An undeveloped mind is unworkable.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ akammaniyaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ akammaniyaṁ hotī”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶3] AN 1.22

> Pali: AN 1.22

[¶4] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so workable as this mind that is developed A developed mind is workable.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ kammaniyaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ kammaniyaṁ hotī”ti.

[¶5] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶6] AN 1.23

> Pali: AN 1.23

[¶7] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very harmful as this mind that is not developed. An undeveloped mind is very harmful.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶9] AN 1.24

> Pali: AN 1.24

[¶10] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very beneficial as this mind that is developed. A developed mind is very beneficial.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶11] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶12] AN 1.25

> Pali: AN 1.25

[¶13] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very harmful as this mind that is not developed or manifested. An undeveloped and unmanifested mind is very harmful.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ apātubhūtaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ apātubhūtaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶14] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶15] AN 1.26

> Pali: AN 1.26

[¶16] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very beneficial as this mind that is developed and manifested. A developed and manifested mind is very beneficial.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ pātubhūtaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ pātubhūtaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶17] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ.

[¶18] AN 1.27

> Pali: AN 1.27

[¶19] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very harmful as this mind that is not developed and cultivated. An undeveloped and uncultivated mind is very harmful.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶20] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶21] AN 1.28

> Pali: AN 1.28

[¶22] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very beneficial as this mind that is developed and cultivated. A developed and cultivated mind is very beneficial.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

[¶23] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶24] AN 1.29

> Pali: AN 1.29

[¶25] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that brings such suffering as this mind that is not developed and cultivated. An undeveloped and uncultivated mind brings suffering.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ dukkhādhivahaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ dukkhādhivahaṁ hotī”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: Navamaṁ.

[¶27] AN 1.30

> Pali: AN 1.30

[¶28] “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that brings such happiness as this mind that is developed and cultivated. A developed and cultivated mind brings happiness.”

> Pali: “Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ sukhādhivahaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ. Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ sukhādhivahaṁ hotī”ti.

[¶29] > Pali: Dasamaṁ.

[¶30] > Pali: Akammaniyavaggo tatiyo.