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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Elevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekādasakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 6 of 6
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-11/6/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Elevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekādasakanipāta, section 6. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-11/6/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Elevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekādasakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in elevens: eleven benefits of loving-kindness, and the eleven doors to the deathless.

> 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.

## 6. AN 11.30–69–11.992–1151

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-11/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-11/6/#p-N

[¶0] AN 11.30–69 · Untitled Discourses on the Ear, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.30–69 · ~

[¶1] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶2] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶3] … “… ear … nose … tongue … body … mind …”

> Pali: … Sotasmiṁ… ghānasmiṁ… jivhāya… kāyasmiṁ… manasmiṁ…

[¶4] AN 11.70–117 · Untitled Discourses on Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.70–117 · ~

[¶5] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶6] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶7] … “… sights … sounds … smells … tastes … touches … ideas …”

> Pali: … Rūpesu… saddesu… gandhesu… rasesu… phoṭṭhabbesu… dhammesu…

[¶8] AN 11.118–165 · Untitled Discourses on Eye Consciousness, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.118–165 · ~

[¶9] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶10] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶11] … “… eye consciousness … ear consciousness … nose consciousness … tongue consciousness … body consciousness … mind consciousness. …”

> Pali: … Cakkhuviññāṇe… sotaviññāṇe… ghānaviññāṇe… jivhāviññāṇe… kāyaviññāṇe… manoviññāṇe…

[¶12] AN 11.166–213 · Untitled Discourses on Eye Contact, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.166–213 · ~

[¶13] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶14] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶15] … “… eye contact … ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … mind contact. …”

> Pali: … Cakkhusamphasse… sotasamphasse… ghānasamphasse… jivhāsamphasse… kāyasamphasse… manosamphasse…

[¶16] AN 11.214–261 · Untitled Discourses on Feeling Born of Eye Contact, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.214–261 · ~

[¶17] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶18] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶19] … “… feeling born of eye contact … feeling born of ear contact … feeling born of nose contact … feeling born of tongue contact … feeling born of body contact … feeling born of mind contact …”

> Pali: … Cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya… sotasamphassajāya vedanāya… ghānasamphassajāya vedanāya… jivhāsamphassajāya vedanāya… kāyasamphassajāya vedanāya… manosamphassajāya vedanāya…

[¶20] AN 11.262–309 · Untitled Discourses on Perception of Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.262–309 · ~

[¶21] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶22] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶23] … “… perception of sights … perception of sounds … perception of smells … perception of tastes … perception of touches … perception of ideas. …”

> Pali: … Rūpasaññāya… saddasaññāya… gandhasaññāya… rasasaññāya… phoṭṭhabbasaññāya… dhammasaññāya…

[¶24] AN 11.310–357 · Untitled Discourses on Intention Regarding Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.310–357 · ~

[¶25] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶26] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶27] … “… intention regarding sights … intention regarding sounds … intention regarding smells … intention regarding tastes … intention regarding touches … intention regarding ideas. …”

> Pali: … Rūpasañcetanāya… saddasañcetanāya… gandhasañcetanāya… rasasañcetanāya… phoṭṭhabbasañcetanāya… dhammasañcetanāya…

[¶28] AN 11.358–405 · Untitled Discourses on Craving For Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.358–405 · ~

[¶29] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶30] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶31] … “… craving for sights … craving for sounds … craving for smells … craving for tastes … craving for touches … craving for ideas. …”

> Pali: … Rūpataṇhāya… saddataṇhāya… gandhataṇhāya… rasataṇhāya… phoṭṭhabbataṇhāya… dhammataṇhāya…

[¶32] AN 11.406–453 · Untitled Discourses on Thoughts About Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.406–453 · ~

[¶33] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶34] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶35] … “… thoughts about sights … thoughts about sounds … thoughts about smells … thoughts about tastes … thoughts about touches … thoughts about ideas. …”

> Pali: … Rūpavitakke… saddavitakke… gandhavitakke… rasavitakke… phoṭṭhabbavitakke… dhammavitakke…

[¶36] AN 11.454–501 · Untitled Discourses on Considerations Regarding Sights, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.454–501 · ~

[¶37] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶38] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶39] … “… considerations regarding sights … considerations regarding sounds … considerations regarding smells … considerations regarding tastes … considerations regarding touches … meditate observing impermanence in considerations about ideas … meditate observing suffering … meditate observing not-self … meditate observing ending … meditate observing vanishing … meditate observing fading away … meditate observing cessation … meditate observing letting go. …”

> Pali: … Rūpavicāre… saddavicāre… gandhavicāre… rasavicāre… phoṭṭhabbavicāre… dhammavicāre aniccānupassī viharituṁ… dukkhānupassī viharituṁ… anattānupassī viharituṁ… khayānupassī viharituṁ… vayānupassī viharituṁ… virāgānupassī viharituṁ… nirodhānupassī viharituṁ… paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṁ… pe…

[¶40] AN 11.502–981 · Untitled Discourses on the Eye, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.502–981 · ~

[¶41] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶42] Similarity

> Pali: Sāmaññavagga

[¶43] “Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can maintain and expand a herd of cattle. What eleven? It’s when a cowherd knows form …

> Pali: Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako bhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātikātuṁ. Katamehi ekādasahi? Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako rūpaññū hoti… pe…

[¶44] In the same way, a mendicant with eleven qualities can meditate observing impermanence in the eye … meditate observing letting go. …”

> Pali: Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharituṁ… pe… paṭinissaggānupassī viharitunti.

[¶45] AN 11.982 · Untitled Discourse on Greed

> Pali: AN 11.982 · ~

[¶46] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶47] Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

> Pali: Rāgapeyyāla

[¶48] “For insight into greed, eleven things should be developed. What eleven? The first, second, third, and fourth absorptions; the heart’s releases by love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity; the dimensions of infinite space, infinite consciousness, and nothingness. For insight into greed, these eleven things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ekādasa dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame ekādasa? Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ, dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ, tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ, catutthaṁ jhānaṁ, mettācetovimutti, karuṇācetovimutti, muditācetovimutti, upekkhācetovimutti, ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ, viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime ekādasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”.

[¶49] AN 11.983–991 · Untitled Discourses on Greed

> Pali: AN 11.983–991 · ~

[¶50] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶51] Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

> Pali: Rāgapeyyāla

[¶52] “For the complete understanding of greed … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go … these eleven things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya… parikkhayāya… pahānāya… khayāya… vayāya… virāgāya… nirodhāya… cāgāya… paṭinissaggāya… ime ekādasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”.

[¶53] AN 11.992–1151 · Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.

> Pali: AN 11.992–1151 · ~

[¶54] The First Fifty

> Pali: Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

[¶55] Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

> Pali: Rāgapeyyāla

[¶56] “Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceitfulness … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … for insight into negligence … complete understanding … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … For the letting go of negligence, these eleven things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Dosassa… pe… mohassa… kodhassa… upanāhassa… makkhassa… paḷāsassa… issāya… macchariyassa… māyāya… sāṭheyyassa… thambhassa… sārambhassa… mānassa… atimānassa… madassa… pamādassa abhiññāya…pe… pariññāya… parikkhayāya… pahānāya… khayāya… vayāya… virāgāya… nirodhāya… cāgāya… paṭinissaggāya ime ekādasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶57] That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

> Pali: Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.

[¶58] > Pali: Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

[¶59] > Pali: Nava suttasahassāni,
bhiyyo pañcasatāni ca;
Sattapaññāsa suttantā,
aṅguttarasamāyutāti.

[¶60] The Book of the Elevens is finished.

> Pali: Ekādasakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

[¶61] The Numbered Discourses are complete.

> Pali: Aṅguttaranikāyo samatto.
