Catutthasutta — Parisuddhavagga — the thirteenth chapter of the Tens, the Chapter on Purified Things
Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
A single-sentence claim, then the familiar ten-item list
Length
under 1 minute to read
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the fourth of this chapter's near-identical single claims
Why this discourse
This discourse names the specific destination the ten factors are meant to reach: not a vague betterment, but the actual removal of the three unwholesome roots, and claims even that concrete culmination belongs to this training alone.
Reading guide
The teaching in one sentence
The ten right factors, from right view to right freedom, culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion nowhere except within the Holy One's own training.
The three roots, named directly
Unlike AN 10.123 through 10.125's more abstract vocabulary (purity, arising, fruitfulness), this discourse names a specific, concrete target: rāga, dosa, and moha, greed, hate, and delusion, the classic three unwholesome roots met throughout this project, giving the exclusivity claim a sharper, more identifiable content.
Culmination, not mere reduction
The term pariyosāna, “culmination” or completion, sets a high bar: this is not a claim that the ten factors merely lessen greed, hate, and delusion elsewhere, but that only within this training do they reach the actual endpoint of removing these roots entirely.
The fourth of five, soon to be doubled
As the fourth distinct claim in this chapter's opening sequence, this discourse's specific content — culminating in the removal of the three roots — will return at AN 10.130, there combined with the “developed and cultivated” condition introduced two discourses later, at AN 10.128.
Key terms
rāgavinayapariyosānā, dosavinayapariyosānā, mohavinayapariyosānā — “culminate in the removal of greed... hate... delusion” — this discourse's own threefold claim, naming the classic three unwholesome roots directly.
pariyosāna — “culmination” or completion — setting a high bar of full removal, not mere reduction.
nāññatra sugatavinayā — “not apart from the Holy One's training” — the same exclusivity clause repeated a fourth time.
sammāājīvo — “right livelihood” — the fifth factor, unchanged across this chapter's lists.
The discourse in full: the single claim, and the familiar ten-item list. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
Culminating in removing the three roots, apart from this training
§1“Mendicants, these ten things don’t culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion apart from the Holy One’s training. What ten? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. These are the ten things that don’t culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion apart from the Holy One’s training.”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What specific target does this discourse name, unlike the more abstract vocabulary of AN 10.123–125?
Correct: B. A concrete, identifiable target rather than an abstract quality.
Question 2 of 5
What does the term "pariyosāna" (culmination) set as the standard, according to the guide?
Correct: B. Completion, not partial progress.
Question 3 of 5
How does this discourse's exclusivity claim compare in content to AN 10.123's?
Correct: B. The same structural claim, now naming a specific destination.
Question 4 of 5
According to the guide, where does this discourse's specific claim reappear later in the chapter?
Correct: B. Part of this chapter's recurring pattern of later recombination.
Question 5 of 5
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: D. No location is given for this discourse.
