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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Sevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Sattakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 13 of 15
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-7/13/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Sevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Sattakanipāta, section 13. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-7/13/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Sevens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Sattakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in sevens: seven factors of awakening, seven kinds of wives, seven treasures.

> 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.

## 13. An Ascetic · AN 7.85–7.93

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-7/13/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-7/13/#p-N

[¶0] AN 7.85 · A Mendicant

> Pali: AN 7.85 · Bhikkhusutta

[¶1] “Mendicants, it’s because of breaking seven things that you become a mendicant. What seven? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit. It’s because of breaking these seven things that you become a mendicant.”

> Pali: “Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hoti. Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? Sakkāyadiṭṭhi bhinnā hoti, vicikicchā bhinnā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso bhinno hoti, rāgo bhinno hoti, doso bhinno hoti, moho bhinno hoti, māno bhinno hoti. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hotī”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶3] AN 7.86 · An Ascetic

> Pali: AN 7.86 · Samaṇasutta

[¶4] “Mendicants, it’s because of quelling seven things that you become an ascetic …”

> Pali: “Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ samitattā samaṇo hoti …pe….

[¶5] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶6] AN 7.87 · A Brahmin

> Pali: AN 7.87 · Brāhmaṇasutta

[¶7] “Mendicants, it’s because of barring out seven things that you become a brahmin …”

> Pali: “… Bāhitattā brāhmaṇo hoti …pe….

[¶8] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶9] AN 7.88 · A Scholar

> Pali: AN 7.88 · Sottiyasutta

[¶10] “Mendicants, it’s because of scouring off seven things that you become a scholar …”

> Pali: “… Nissutattā sottiyo hoti …pe….

[¶11] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶12] AN 7.89 · A Bathed Initiate

> Pali: AN 7.89 · Nhātakasutta

[¶13] “Mendicants, it’s because of bathing off seven things that you become a bathed initiate …”

> Pali: “… Nhātattā nhātako hoti …pe….

[¶14] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶15] AN 7.90 · A Knowledge Master

> Pali: AN 7.90 · Vedagūsutta

[¶16] “Mendicants, it’s because of knowing seven things that you become a knowledge master …”

> Pali: “… Viditattā vedagū hoti …pe….

[¶17] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ.

[¶18] AN 7.91 · A Noble One

> Pali: AN 7.91 · Ariyasutta

[¶19] “Mendicants, it’s because seven foes have been nobbled that you become a noble one …”

> Pali: “… Ārakattā ariyo hoti …pe….

[¶20] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶21] AN 7.92 · A Perfected One

> Pali: AN 7.92 · Arahāsutta

[¶22] “Mendicants, it’s by being impeccably remote from seven things that you become a perfected one. What seven? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit. It’s because of being impeccably remote from these seven things that you become a perfected one.”

> Pali: “Ārakattā arahā hoti. Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? Sakkāyadiṭṭhi ārakā hoti, vicikicchā ārakā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso ārako hoti, rāgo ārako hoti, doso ārako hoti, moho ārako hoti, māno ārako hoti. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ ārakattā arahā hotī”ti.

[¶23] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶24] AN 7.93 · Bad Qualities

> Pali: AN 7.93 · Asaddhammasutta

[¶25] “Mendicants, there are these seven bad qualities. What seven? Someone is faithless, shameless, imprudent, unlearned, lazy, unmindful, and witless. These are the seven bad qualities.”

> Pali: “Sattime, bhikkhave, asaddhammā. Katame satta? Assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti. Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta asaddhammā”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: Navamaṁ.