• Numbered Discourses 6.24 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 6.24
  • 3. Unsurpassable 3. Anuttariyavagga

The Himalaya Himavantasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant who has six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance! ā€œChahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu himavantaṁ pabbatarājaṁ padāleyya, ko pana vādo chavāya avijjāya. What six? Katamehi chahi? It’s when a mendicant is skilled in entering immersion, skilled in remaining in immersion, skilled in emerging from immersion, skilled in gladdening the mind for immersion, skilled in the territory of immersion, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by immersion. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samādhissa samāpattikusalo hoti, samādhissa į¹­hitikusalo hoti, samādhissa vuį¹­į¹­hānakusalo hoti, samādhissa kallitakusalo hoti, samādhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samādhissa abhinÄ«hārakusalo hoti. A mendicant who possesses these six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance!ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu himavantaṁ pabbatarājaṁ padāleyya, ko pana vādo chavāya avijjāyÄā€ti.

Catutthaṁ.