• Numbered Discourses 7.40 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 7.40
  • 4. Deities 4. Devatāvagga

Mastery of the Mind (1st) Paį¹­hamavasasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it. ā€œSattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati. What seven? Katamehi sattahi? It’s when a mendicant 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, bhikkhu samādhikusalo hoti, samādhissa samāpattikusalo hoti, samādhissa į¹­hitikusalo hoti, samādhissa vuį¹­į¹­hānakusalo hoti, samādhissa kalyāṇakusalo hoti, samādhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samādhissa abhinÄ«hārakusalo hoti. A mendicant with these seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattatÄ«ā€ti.

Navamaṁ.