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Aṅguttara Nikāya · Discourse 10.127

Fifth

Pañcamasutta — 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 fifth and final claim in this chapter's opening set

Why this discourse

Closing the first set of five distinct claims, this discourse reaches for the fullest formula this project has used for genuine liberation, applying the entire seven-part phrase already met naming the goal of practice to the exclusivity structure running through this whole chapter.

Reading guide

The teaching in one sentence

The ten right factors, from right view to right freedom, lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment nowhere except within the Holy One's own training.

The fullest formula in this chapter's set

Where AN 10.123 through 10.126 each used a compact single term or short phrase (purified, arise, fruitful, the three roots), this discourse reaches for the full seven-part formula — disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, extinguishment — already met describing the noble washing at AN 10.107 and the noble purgative at AN 10.108, the standard by which the Buddha judges any practice genuinely worthwhile.

Closing the chapter's first movement

This discourse completes the set of five genuinely distinct claims (AN 10.123–127) this chapter opens with, before AN 10.128 introduces a new condition — being developed and cultivated — that the remaining discourses will recombine with three of these same five claims.

Solely, not merely mostly

The word ekanta, “solely” or “exclusively,” already doing real work within the formula itself, is then doubled by this chapter's own nāññatra exclusivity clause — a claim of exclusivity nested inside another claim of exclusivity, about as strong a statement as this project's material makes anywhere.

Key terms

ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya — “solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment” — the full seven-part formula already met at AN 10.107 and 10.108, here applied to this chapter's exclusivity structure.
ekanta — “solely” or exclusively — a term of exclusivity nested inside this chapter's own broader exclusivity clause.
nāññatra sugatavinayā — “not apart from the Holy One's training” — the same clause repeated a fifth time, closing this chapter's opening set of claims.
nibbāna — “extinguishment” — the seventh and final term of the formula, the ultimate goal named directly.
sammāñāṇaṁ, sammāvimutti — “right knowledge, right freedom” — the ninth and tenth factors, the two extending the classical eightfold path throughout this chapter's every list.

The text

The discourse in full: the single claim, and the familiar ten-item list. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

Leading solely to extinguishment, apart from this training

§1“Mendicants, these ten things don’t lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment 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 lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment 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
How does this discourse's formula compare to AN 10.123 through 10.126's, according to the guide?
Correct: B. A reach for the project's fullest description of genuine liberation.
Question 2 of 5
Where has this exact seven-part formula appeared before, according to the guide?
Correct: B. The Buddha's standard for judging any practice genuinely worthwhile.
Question 3 of 5
What does this discourse complete, according to the guide?
Correct: B. The final claim in this chapter's opening movement.
Question 4 of 5
According to the guide, what does the word "ekanta" ("solely") accomplish within this discourse's structure?
Correct: B. A doubled exclusivity, about as strong a claim as this project's material makes.
Question 5 of 5
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: D. No location is given for this discourse.
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Further reading

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