- Numbered Discourses 7.40 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 7.40
- 4. Deities 4. DevatÄvagga
Mastery of the Mind (1st) Paį¹hamavasasutta
āMendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it. āSattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannÄgato bhikkhu cittaį¹ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati. What seven? Katamehi sattahi? Itās 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 samÄdhikusalo hoti, samÄdhissa samÄpattikusalo hoti, samÄdhissa į¹hitikusalo hoti, samÄdhissa vuį¹į¹hÄnakusalo hoti, samÄdhissa kalyÄį¹akusalo hoti, samÄdhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samÄdhissa abhinÄ«hÄrakusalo hoti. A mendicant with these seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.ā Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannÄgato bhikkhu cittaį¹ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattatÄ«āti.
Navamaį¹.