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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 34 of 35
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/34/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta, section 34. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/34/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in tens: ten perceptions, ten wholesome ways of action, the ten powers of the Realized One.

> 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.

## 34. Similarity · AN 10.221–10.233–236

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/34/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/34/#p-N

[¶0] AN 10.221 · Untitled Discourse on Ten Qualities

> Pali: AN 10.221 · ~

[¶1] “Someone with ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What ten? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view. Someone with these ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, pisuṇavāco hoti, pharusavāco hoti, samphappalāpī hoti, abhijjhālu hoti, byāpannacitto hoti, micchādiṭṭhiko hoti— imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

[¶2] Someone with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What ten? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view. Someone with these ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

> Pali: Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti, anabhijjhālu hoti, abyāpannacitto hoti, sammādiṭṭhiko hoti— imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

[¶3] AN 10.225–228 · Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (1st)

> Pali: AN 10.225–228 · ~

[¶4] “Someone with ten qualities keeps themselves broken and damaged … keeps themselves intact and unscathed … twenty … thirty … forty …”

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe… tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe… cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe….

[¶5] > Pali: (…)

[¶6] AN 10.229–232 · Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (2nd)

> Pali: AN 10.229–232 · ~

[¶7] “When they have ten qualities, some people, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. … some people, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm … twenty … thirty … forty …”

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati …pe… idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati. Vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe… tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe… cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati …pe… idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati”.

[¶8] AN 10.233–236 · Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (3rd)

> Pali: AN 10.233–236 · ~

[¶9] “A fool is known by ten qualities … astute person … twenty … thirty … forty …”

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo …pe… paṇḍito veditabbo …pe… vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe… tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe… cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo …pe… paṇḍito veditabbo …pe… imehi kho, bhikkhave, cattārīsāya dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo”ti.

[¶10] > Pali: Sāmaññavaggo dutiyo.