• Numbered Discourses 7.41 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 7.41
  • 4. Deities 4. Devatāvagga

Mastery of the Mind (2nd) Dutiyavasasutta

ā€œMendicants, having seven qualities Sāriputta has mastered his mind and is not mastered by it. ā€œSattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca sāriputto cittassa vasena vattati. What seven? Katamehi sattahi? Sāriputta is skilled at immersion, 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, sāriputto samādhikusalo hoti, samādhissa samāpattikusalo, samādhissa į¹­hitikusalo, samādhissa vuį¹­į¹­hānakusalo, samādhissa kalyāṇakusalo, samādhissa gocarakusalo, samādhissa abhinÄ«hārakusalo hoti. Having these seven qualities Sāriputta has mastered his mind and is not mastered by it.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca sāriputto cittassa vasena vattatÄ«ā€ti.

Dasamaṁ.