Aṅguttara Nikāya 11

Numbered Discourses 11.22–29

Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka

The First Fifty

Sāmaññavagga

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“Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātiṁ kātuṁ. Katamehi ekādasahi? Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako na rūpaññū hoti, na lakkhaṇakusalo hoti, na āsāṭikaṁ hāretā hoti, na vaṇaṁ paṭicchādetā hoti, na dhūmaṁ kattā hoti, na titthaṁ jānāti, na pītaṁ jānāti, na vīthiṁ jānāti, na gocarakusalo hoti, anavasesadohī ca hoti, ye te usabhā gopitaro gopariṇāyakā te na atirekapūjāya pūjetā hoti—imehi kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātiṁ kātuṁ.

“Bhikkhus, a cowherd with eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle. What eleven? It’s when a cowherd doesn’t know form, is unskilled in characteristics, doesn’t pick out flies’ eggs, doesn’t dress wounds, doesn’t smoke out pests, doesn’t know the ford, doesn’t know satisfaction, doesn’t know the trail, is not skilled in pastures, milks dry, and doesn’t show extra respect to the bulls who are fathers and leaders of the herd. A cowherd with these eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle.

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharituṁ… pe…

In the same way, a bhikkhu with eleven qualities can’t meditate observing impermanence in the eye …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ dukkhānupassī viharituṁ…

suffering …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ anattānupassī viharituṁ…

not-self …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ khayānupassī viharituṁ…

ending …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ vayānupassī viharituṁ…

vanishing …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ virāgānupassī viharituṁ…

fading away …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ nirodhānupassī viharituṁ…

cessation …

abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṁ”.

letting go …”

… Sotasmiṁ… ghānasmiṁ… jivhāya… kāyasmiṁ… manasmiṁ…

… “… ear … nose … tongue … body … mind …”

… Rūpesu… saddesu… gandhesu… rasesu… phoṭṭhabbesu… dhammesu…

… “… sights … sounds … smells … tastes … touches … thoughts …”

… Cakkhuviññāṇe… sotaviññāṇe… ghānaviññāṇe… jivhāviññāṇe… kāyaviññāṇe… manoviññāṇe…

… “… eye consciousness … ear consciousness … nose consciousness … tongue consciousness … body consciousness … mind consciousness. …”

… Cakkhusamphasse… sotasamphasse… ghānasamphasse… jivhāsamphasse… kāyasamphasse… manosamphasse…

… “… eye contact … ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … mind contact. …”

… Cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya… sotasamphassajāya vedanāya… ghānasamphassajāya vedanāya… jivhāsamphassajāya vedanāya… kāyasamphassajāya vedanāya… manosamphassajāya vedanāya…

… “… 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 …

… Rūpasaññāya… saddasaññāya… gandhasaññāya… rasasaññāya… phoṭṭhabbasaññāya… dhammasaññāya…

… “… perception of sights … perception of sounds … perception of smells … perception of tastes … perception of touches … perception of thoughts. …”

… Rūpasañcetanāya… saddasañcetanāya… gandhasañcetanāya… rasasañcetanāya… phoṭṭhabbasañcetanāya… dhammasañcetanāya…

… “… intention regarding sights … intention regarding sounds … intention regarding smells … intention regarding tastes … intention regarding touches … intention regarding thoughts. …”

… Rūpataṇhāya… saddataṇhāya… gandhataṇhāya… rasataṇhāya… phoṭṭhabbataṇhāya… dhammataṇhāya…

… “… Craving for sights … craving for sounds … craving for smells … craving for tastes … craving for touches … craving for thoughts. …”

… Rūpavitakke… saddavitakke… gandhavitakke… rasavitakke… phoṭṭhabbavitakke… dhammavitakke…

… “… thoughts about sights … thoughts about sounds … thoughts about smells … thoughts about tastes … thoughts about touches … thoughts about thoughts. …”

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

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

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

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

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

In the same way, a bhikkhu with eleven qualities can meditate observing impermanence in the eye … meditate observing letting go. …”