• Numbered Discourses 6.101 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 6.101
  • 10. Benefit 10. Ānisaṁsavagga

Extinguished Nibbānasutta

ā€œMendicants, it is quite impossible for a mendicant who regards extinguishment as suffering to accept views that conform with the teaching. … ā€œā€˜So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu nibbānaṁ dukkhato samanupassanto anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato bhavissatī’ti netaṁ į¹­hānaṁ vijjati. ā€˜Anulomikāya khantiyā asamannāgato sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamissatī’ti netaṁ į¹­hānaṁ vijjati. ā€˜Sammattaniyāmaṁ anokkamamāno sotāpattiphalaṁ vā sakadāgāmiphalaṁ vā anāgāmiphalaṁ vā arahattaṁ vā sacchikarissatī’ti netaṁ į¹­hānaṁ vijjati.

It’s quite possible for a mendicant who regards extinguishment as pleasurable to accept views that conform with the teaching. ā€¦ā€ ā€˜So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu nibbānaṁ sukhato samanupassanto anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato bhavissatī’ti į¹­hānametaṁ vijjati. ā€˜Anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamissatī’ti į¹­hānametaṁ vijjati. ā€˜Sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamamāno sotāpattiphalaṁ vā sakadāgāmiphalaṁ vā anāgāmiphalaṁ vā arahattaṁ vā sacchikarissatī’ti į¹­hānametaṁ vijjatÄ«ā€ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.