• Numbered Discourses 6.103 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 6.103
  • 10. Benefit 10. Ānisaṁsavagga

With a Drawn Sword Ukkhittāsikasutta

ā€œMendicants, seeing six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of suffering in all conditions without qualification. ā€œCha, bhikkhave, ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaį¹…khāresu anodhiṁ karitvā dukkhasaƱƱaṁ upaį¹­į¹­hāpetuṁ. What six? Katame cha? ā€˜Perception of disillusionment will be established in me for all conditions, like a killer with a drawn sword.’ ā€˜Sabbasaį¹…khāresu ca me nibbidasaƱƱā paccupaį¹­į¹­hitā bhavissati, seyyathāpi ukkhittāsike vadhake. ā€˜My mind will rise above the whole world.’ ā€˜I will see extinguishment as peaceful.’ ā€˜My underlying tendencies will be uprooted.’ ā€˜I will fulfill my duty.’ ā€˜I will have served my Teacher with love.’ Sabbalokā ca me mano vuį¹­į¹­hahissati, nibbāne ca santadassāvÄ« bhavissāmi, anusayā ca me samugghātaṁ gacchissanti, kiccakārÄ« ca bhavissāmi, satthā ca me pariciṇṇo bhavissati mettāvatāyā’ti. Seeing these six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of suffering in all conditions without qualification.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaį¹…khāresu anodhiṁ karitvā dukkhasaƱƱaṁ upaį¹­į¹­hāpetunā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.