Numbered Discourses 6.117 12. The Ascetic Life Observing the Body (AN6.117)

1.1

“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.

“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body.

1.2

Katame cha?

What six?

1.3

Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ.

Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much.

1.4

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.

Without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body.

2.1

Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.

But after giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body.

2.2

Katame cha?

What six?

2.3

Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ.

Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much.

2.4

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharitun”ti.

After giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body.”

2.5

Paṭhamaṁ.