Virtuous Sīlavant Sutta (SN 22:122)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 22:122 Virtuous ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## Virtuous Sīlavant Sutta  (SN 22:122) On one occasion Ven. Sṅriputta & Ven. Mahṅ Koṭṭhita were staying near Vṅrṅṃasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana. Then Ven. Mahṅ Koṭṭhita, emerging from his seclusion in the evening, went to Ven. Sṅriputta and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there, he said to Ven. Sṅriputta, "Sṅriputta my friend, which things should a virtuous monk attend to in an appropriate way?" "A virtuous monk, Koṭṭhita my friend, should attend in an appropriate way to the five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. Which five? The form clinging-aggregate, the feeling clinging-aggregate, the perception clinging-aggregate, the fabrications clinging-aggregate, the consciousness clinging-aggregate. A virtuous monk should attend in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. For it is possible that a virtuous monk, attending in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant⦠not-self, would realize the fruit of stream-entry." "Then which things should a monk who has attained stream-entry attend to in an appropriate way?" "A monk who has attained stream-entry should attend in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. For it is possible that a monk who has attained stream-entry, attending in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant⦠not-self, would realize the fruit of once-returning." "Then which things should a monk who has attained once-returning attend to in an appropriate way?" "A monk who has attained once-returning should attend in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. For it is possible that a monk who has attained once-returning, attending in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant⦠not-self, would realize the fruit of non-returning." "Then which things should a monk who has attained non-returning attend to in an appropriate way?" "A monk who has attained non-returning should attend in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. For it is possible that a monk who has attained non-returning, attending in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant⦠not-self, would realize the fruit of arahantship." "Then which things should an arahant attend to in an appropriate way?" "An arahant should attend in an appropriate way to these five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. Although, for an arahant, there is nothing further to do, and nothing to add to what has been done, still these things—when developed & pursued—lead both to a pleasant abiding in the here & now and to mindfulness & alertness." See also: MN 2; SN 22:23; SN 46:51; AN 9:36 - --> - - - -