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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Nines · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Navakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 10 of 14
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/10/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Nines · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Navakanipāta, section 10. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/10/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Nines · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Navakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in nines: nine meditative attainments, nine things a perfected one cannot do.

> 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.

## 10. A Safe Place · AN 9.52–9.62

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/10/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/10/#p-N

[¶0] AN 9.52 · A Safe Place

> Pali: AN 9.52 · Khemasutta

[¶1] “Reverend, they speak of ‘a safe place’. In what way did the Buddha speak of a safe place?”

> Pali: “‘Khemaṁ, kheman’ti, āvuso, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā”ti?

[¶2] “First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption. To this extent the Buddha spoke of a safe place in a qualified sense. …

> Pali: “Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….

[¶3] Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end. To this extent the Buddha spoke of a safe place in a definitive sense.”

> Pali: Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.

[¶4] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶5] AN 9.53 · Reaching a Safe Place

> Pali: AN 9.53 · Khemappattasutta

[¶6] “Reverend, they speak of ‘reaching a safe place’. …”

> Pali: “‘Khemappatto, khemappatto’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶7] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶8] AN 9.54 · Freedom From Death

> Pali: AN 9.54 · Amatasutta

[¶9] “Reverend, they speak of ‘freedom from death’. …”

> Pali: “‘Amataṁ, amatan’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶10] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶11] AN 9.55 · Reaching Freedom From Death

> Pali: AN 9.55 · Amatappattasutta

[¶12] “Reverend, they speak of ‘reaching freedom from death’. …”

> Pali: “‘Amatappatto, amatappatto’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶13] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶14] AN 9.56 · A Place Without Fear

> Pali: AN 9.56 · Abhayasutta

[¶15] “Reverend, they speak of ‘a place without fear’. …”

> Pali: “‘Abhayaṁ, abhayan’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶16] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶17] AN 9.57 · Reaching a Place Without Fear

> Pali: AN 9.57 · Abhayappattasutta

[¶18] “Reverend, they speak of ‘reaching a place without fear’. …”

> Pali: “‘Abhayappatto, abhayappatto’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶19] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ.

[¶20] AN 9.58 · Tranquility

> Pali: AN 9.58 · Passaddhisutta

[¶21] “Reverend, they speak of ‘tranquility’. …”

> Pali: “‘Passaddhi, passaddhī’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶22] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶23] AN 9.59 · Progressive Tranquility

> Pali: AN 9.59 · Anupubbapassaddhisutta

[¶24] “Reverend, they speak of ‘progressive tranquility’. …”

> Pali: “‘Anupubbapassaddhi, anupubbapassaddhī’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶25] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶26] AN 9.60 · Cessation

> Pali: AN 9.60 · Nirodhasutta

[¶27] “Reverend, they speak of ‘cessation’. …”

> Pali: “‘Nirodho, nirodho’ti, āvuso, vuccati ….

[¶28] > Pali: Navamaṁ.

[¶29] AN 9.61 · Progressive Cessation

> Pali: AN 9.61 · Anupubbanirodhasutta

[¶30] “Reverend, they speak of ‘progressive cessation’. What is the progressive cessation that the Buddha spoke of?”

> Pali: “‘Anupubbanirodho, anupubbanirodho’ti, āvuso, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatā”ti?

[¶31] “First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption. To this extent the Buddha spoke of progressive cessation in a qualified sense. …

> Pali: “Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….

[¶32] Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end. To this extent the Buddha spoke of progressive cessation in a definitive sense.”

> Pali: Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.

[¶33] > Pali: Dasamaṁ.

[¶34] AN 9.62 · Impossible

> Pali: AN 9.62 · Abhabbasutta

[¶35] “Mendicants, without giving up nine things you can’t realize perfection. What nine? Greed, hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess. Without giving up these nine things you can’t realize perfection.

> Pali: “Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame nava? Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ— ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

[¶36] After giving up nine things you can realize perfection. What nine? Greed, hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess. After giving up these nine things you can realize the fruit of perfection.”

> Pali: Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame nava? Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ— ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.

[¶37] > Pali: Ekādasamaṁ.

[¶38] > Pali: Khemavaggo paṭhamo.

[¶39] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶40] > Pali: Khemo ca amatañceva,
Abhayaṁ passaddhiyena ca;
Nirodho anupubbo ca,
Dhammaṁ pahāya bhabbena cāti.