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Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.115 — 12. Āpāyikavagga — Appameyyasutta

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1. an3.115:0.1

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.115

   Numbered Discourses 3.115

2. an3.115:0.2

   12. Āpāyikavagga

   12. Bound for Loss

3. an3.115:0.3

   Appameyyasutta

   Immeasurable

4. an3.115:1.1

   “Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

   “Mendicants, these three individuals are found in the world.

5. an3.115:1.2

   Katame tayo?

   What three?

6. an3.115:1.3

   Suppameyyo, duppameyyo, appameyyo.

   Someone easy to measure, someone hard to measure, and someone who is immeasurable.

7. an3.115:1.4

   Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo suppameyyo?

   And who is the individual easy to measure?

8. an3.115:1.5

   Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo uddhato hoti unnaḷo capalo mukharo vikiṇṇavāco muṭṭhassati asampajāno asamāhito vibbhantacitto pākatindriyo.

   It’s an individual who is haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, loose-tongued, unmindful, lacking situational awareness and immersion, with straying mind and undisciplined faculties.

9. an3.115:1.6

   Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo suppameyyo.

   This is called ‘an individual easy to measure’.

10. an3.115:2.1

    Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo duppameyyo?

    And who is the individual hard to measure?

11. an3.115:2.2

    Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo anuddhato hoti anunnaḷo acapalo amukharo avikiṇṇavāco upaṭṭhitassati sampajāno samāhito ekaggacitto saṁvutindriyo.

    It’s an individual who is not haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, or loose-tongued. They have established mindfulness, situational awareness and immersion, with unified mind and restrained faculties.

12. an3.115:2.3

    Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo duppameyyo.

    This is called ‘an individual hard to measure’.

13. an3.115:3.1

    Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo appameyyo?

    And who is the immeasurable individual?

14. an3.115:3.2

    Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo.

    It’s a mendicant who is perfected, and has ended defilements.

15. an3.115:3.3

    Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo appameyyo.

    This is called ‘an immeasurable individual’.

16. an3.115:3.4

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

    These are the three individuals found in the world.”

17. an3.115:3.5

    Tatiyaṁ.

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