AN 5.144 At Tikaṇḍakī

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa, in Tikaṇḍakī Wood.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

“Mendicants!”

“Venerable sir,” they replied.

The Buddha said this:

“Mendicants, a mendicant would do well to meditate from time to time perceiving the following: the repulsive in the unrepulsive,

the unrepulsive in the repulsive,

the repulsive in both the unrepulsive and the repulsive, and

the unrepulsive in both the repulsive and the unrepulsive.

A mendicant would do well to meditate from time to time staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive.

For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive?

‘May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed.’

A mendicant should meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive for this reason.

For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in the repulsive?

‘May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate.’ …

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For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the repulsive in both the unrepulsive and the repulsive?

‘May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed. May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate.’ …

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For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in both the repulsive and the unrepulsive?

‘May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate. May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed.’ …

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For what reason should a mendicant meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive?

‘May no greed for things that arouse greed, hate for things that provoke hate, or delusion for things that promote delusion arise in me in any way at all.’

For this reason a mendicant should meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive.”

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Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati tikaṇḍakīvane.

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

“bhikkhavo”ti.

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ appaṭikūle paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ paṭikūle appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ appaṭikūle ca paṭikūle ca paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ paṭikūle ca appaṭikūle ca appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ paṭikūlañca appaṭikūlañca tadubhayaṁ abhinivajjetvā upekkhako vihareyya sato sampajāno.

Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca appaṭikūle paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya?

‘Mā me rajanīyesu dhammesu rāgo udapādī’ti—

idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca appaṭikūle paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūle appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya?

‘Mā me dosanīyesu dhammesu doso udapādī’ti—

idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūle appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca appaṭikūle ca paṭikūle ca paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya?

‘Mā me rajanīyesu dhammesu rāgo udapādi, mā me dosanīyesu dhammesu doso udapādī’ti—

idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca appaṭikūle ca paṭikūle ca paṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūle ca appaṭikūle ca appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya?

‘Mā me dosanīyesu dhammesu doso udapādi, mā me rajanīyesu dhammesu rāgo udapādī’ti—

idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūle ca appaṭikūle ca appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyya.

Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūlañca appaṭikūlañca tadubhayaṁ abhinivajjetvā upekkhako vihareyya?

‘Sato sampajāno mā me kvacani katthaci kiñcanaṁ rajanīyesu dhammesu rāgo udapādi, mā me kvacani katthaci kiñcanaṁ dosanīyesu dhammesu doso udapādi, mā me kvacani katthaci kiñcanaṁ mohanīyesu dhammesu moho udapādī’ti—

idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca paṭikūlañca appaṭikūlañca tadubhayaṁ abhinivajjetvā upekkhako vihareyya sato sampajāno”ti.

Catutthaṁ.