Ukkhittāsikasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.103

Numbered Discourses 6.103

10. Ānisaṁsavagga

10. Benefit

Ukkhittāsikasutta

With a Drawn Sword

“Cha, bhikkhave, ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaṅkhāresu anodhiṁ karitvā dukkhasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ.

“Mendicants, seeing six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of suffering in all conditions without qualification.

Katame cha?

What six?

‘Sabbasaṅkhāresu ca me nibbidasaññā paccupaṭṭhitā bhavissati, seyyathāpi ukkhittāsike vadhake.

‘Perception of disillusionment will be established in me for all conditions, like a killer with a drawn sword.’

Sabbalokā ca me mano vuṭṭhahissati, nibbāne ca santadassāvī bhavissāmi, anusayā ca me samugghātaṁ gacchissanti, kiccakārī ca bhavissāmi, satthā ca me pariciṇṇo bhavissati mettāvatāyā’ti.

‘My mind will rise above the whole world.’ ‘I will see extinguishment as peaceful.’ ‘My underlying tendencies will be uprooted.’ ‘I will fulfill my duty.’ ‘I will have served my Teacher with love.’

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaṅkhāresu anodhiṁ karitvā dukkhasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetun”ti.

Seeing these six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of suffering in all conditions without qualification.”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.