- Numbered Discourses 6.24 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 6.24
- 3. Unsurpassable 3. Anuttariyavagga
The Himalaya Himavantasutta
āMendicants, a mendicant who has six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance! āChahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannÄgato bhikkhu himavantaį¹ pabbatarÄjaį¹ padÄleyya, ko pana vÄdo chavÄya avijjÄya. What six? Katamehi chahi? Itās 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 samÄdhissa samÄpattikusalo hoti, samÄdhissa į¹hitikusalo hoti, samÄdhissa vuį¹į¹hÄnakusalo hoti, samÄdhissa kallitakusalo hoti, samÄdhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samÄdhissa abhinÄ«hÄrakusalo 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 samannÄgato bhikkhu himavantaį¹ pabbatarÄjaį¹ padÄleyya, ko pana vÄdo chavÄya avijjÄyÄāti.
Catutthaį¹.
