- Numbered Discourses 7.92 Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.92
- 9. An Ascetic 9. Samaṇavagga
A Perfected One Arahāsutta
“Mendicants, it’s by being impeccably remote from seven things that you become a perfected one. “Ārakattā arahā hoti. What seven? Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit. Sakkāyadiṭṭhi ārakā hoti, vicikicchā ārakā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso ārako hoti, rāgo ārako hoti, doso ārako hoti, moho ārako hoti, māno ārako hoti. It’s because of being impeccably remote from these seven things that you become a perfected one.” Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ ārakattā arahā hotī”ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
