---
title: "Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 9 of 19
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/9/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta, section 9. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/9/"
---

# Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in twos: two kinds of happiness, two debts that can never be repaid, the bright and the dark.

> 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.

## 9. The Chapter on Two Things · AN 2.87–2.97

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/9/#p-N

[¶0] AN 2.87

> Pali: AN 2.87

[¶1] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Cetovimutti ca paññāvimutti ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶2] AN 2.88

> Pali: AN 2.88

[¶3] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Exertion, and not being scattered. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Paggāho ca avikkhepo ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶4] AN 2.89

> Pali: AN 2.89

[¶5] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Name and form. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Nāmañca rūpañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶6] AN 2.90

> Pali: AN 2.90

[¶7] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Knowledge and freedom. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Vijjā ca vimutti ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶8] AN 2.91

> Pali: AN 2.91

[¶9] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Views favoring existence and views favoring nonexistence. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Bhavadiṭṭhi ca vibhavadiṭṭhi ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶10] AN 2.92

> Pali: AN 2.92

[¶11] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Lack of conscience and prudence. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Ahirikañca anottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶12] AN 2.93

> Pali: AN 2.93

[¶13] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Conscience and prudence. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Hirī ca ottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶14] AN 2.94

> Pali: AN 2.94

[¶15] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Being hard to admonish and having bad friends. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Dovacassatā ca pāpamittatā ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶16] AN 2.95

> Pali: AN 2.95

[¶17] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Being easy to admonish and having good friends. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Sovacassatā ca kalyāṇamittatā ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶18] AN 2.96

> Pali: AN 2.96

[¶19] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Skill in the elements and skill in application of mind. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Dhātukusalatā ca manasikārakusalatā ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶20] AN 2.97

> Pali: AN 2.97

[¶21] “There are, mendicants, these two things. What two? Skill in offenses and skill in resolving offenses. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Āpattikusalatā ca āpattivuṭṭhānakusalatā ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”ti.

[¶22] > Pali: Dhammavaggo catuttho.