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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: 12 of 14
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/12/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Nines · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Navakanipāta, section 12. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/12/"
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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.

## 12. Right Efforts · AN 9.73–9.82

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/12/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-9/12/#p-N

[¶0] AN 9.73 · Weaknesses in Training and Effort

> Pali: AN 9.73 · Sikkhasutta

[¶1] “Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training. What five? Killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. These are the five weaknesses when you’re training.

> Pali: “Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sikkhādubbalyāni. Katamāni pañca? Pāṇātipāto …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānaṁ— imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sikkhādubbalyāni.

[¶2] To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop the four right efforts. What four? It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop these four right efforts.”

> Pali: Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā. Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶3] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶4] AN 9.74–81 · Hindrances, Etc.

> Pali: AN 9.74–81 · Nīvaraṇasuttādi

[¶5] (Tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation.)

> Pali: (Yathā satipaṭṭhānavagge tathā sammappadhānavasena vitthāretabbā.)

[¶6] AN 9.82 · Shackles of the Heart

> Pali: AN 9.82 · Cetasovinibandhasutta

[¶7] “Mendicants, there are these five shackles of the heart. What five? Firstly, a mendicant isn’t free of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures. … These are the five shackles of the heart.

> Pali: “Pañcime, bhikkhave, cetasovinibandhā. Katame pañca? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāmesu avītarāgo hoti …pe… ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca cetasovinibandhā.

[¶8] To give up these five shackles of the heart you should develop the four right efforts. What four? It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. … so that unskillful qualities are given up … so that skillful qualities arise … They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. To give up these five shackles of the hearts you should develop these four right efforts.”

> Pali: Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ cetasovinibandhānaṁ pahānāya cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā. Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya … anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya … uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ cetasovinibandhānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶9] > Pali: Dasamaṁ.

[¶10] > Pali: Sammappadhānavaggo tatiyo.