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3. The Chapter on the Unworkable
0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 1
The Numerical Discourses 1
0.23. Akammaniyavagga
3. The Chapter on the Unworkable
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ akammaniyaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that is so unworkable when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ akammaniyaṁ hotī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ], is unworkable."
1.3Paṭhamaṁ.
The first.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ kammaniyaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that is so workable when developed [bhāvitaṁ] as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ kammaniyaṁ hotī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when developed [bhāvitaṁ], is workable."
1.3Dutiyaṁ.
The second.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ], leads to such great harm as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ], leads to great harm."
1.3Tatiyaṁ.
The third.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when developed [bhāvitaṁ], leads to such great benefit as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when developed [bhāvitaṁ], leads to great benefit."
1.3Catutthaṁ.
The fourth.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ apātubhūtaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not made manifest, leads to such great harm as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ apātubhūtaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not made manifest, leads to great harm."
1.3Pañcamaṁ.
The fifth.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ pātubhūtaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and made manifest, leads to such great benefit as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ pātubhūtaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and made manifest, leads to great benefit."
1.3Chaṭṭhaṁ.
The sixth.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not frequently cultivated, leads to such great harm as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not frequently cultivated, leads to great harm."
1.3Sattamaṁ.
The seventh.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and frequently cultivated, leads to such great benefit as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and frequently cultivated, leads to great benefit."
1.3Aṭṭhamaṁ.
The eighth.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ dukkhādhivahaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not frequently cultivated, brings such dukkha as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, abhāvitaṁ abahulīkataṁ dukkhādhivahaṁ hotī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when undeveloped [abhāvitaṁ] and not frequently cultivated, brings dukkha."
1.3Navamaṁ.
The ninth.
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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ sukhādhivahaṁ hoti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.
"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single dhamma that, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and frequently cultivated, brings such sukha as this: the mind [citta], bhikkhus.
1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ sukhādhivahaṁ hotī”ti.
The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when developed [bhāvitaṁ] and frequently cultivated, brings sukha."
1.3Dasamaṁ.
The tenth.
1.4Akammaniyavaggo tatiyo.
The Chapter on the Unworkable, the third.