10.
The Discourse about the Virtuous One
122.
On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta and the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhika were dwelling at Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana.
Then the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhika, in the evening, having emerged from seclusion, approached the Venerable Sāriputta, etc.
said this -
"Friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a moral monk?"
"Friend Koṭṭhika, by a moral monk the five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as misery, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as non-self.
Which five?
That is:
the aggregate of clinging to matter, the aggregate of clinging to feeling, the aggregate of clinging to perception, the aggregate of clinging to activities, the aggregate of clinging to consciousness.
Friend Koṭṭhika, by a moral monk these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as misery, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as non-self.
Now, friend, there is this possibility that a moral monk, wisely attending to these five aggregates of clinging as impermanent, etc.
as non-self, might realise the fruition of stream-entry."
"But, friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a stream-enterer monk?" "By a stream-enterer monk too, friend Koṭṭhika, these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, etc. as non-self. Now, friend, there is this possibility that a stream-enterer monk, wisely attending to these five aggregates of clinging as impermanent, etc. as non-self, might realise the fruition of once-returning."
"But, friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a once-returner monk?" "By a once-returner monk too, friend Koṭṭhika, these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, etc. as non-self. Now, friend, there is this possibility that a once-returner monk, wisely attending to these five aggregates of clinging as impermanent, etc. as non-self, might realise the fruition of non-returning."
"But, friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a non-returner monk?" "By a non-returner monk too, friend Koṭṭhika, these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, etc. as non-self. Now, friend, there is this possibility that a non-returner monk, wisely attending to these five aggregates of clinging as impermanent, etc. as non-self, might realise arahantship."
"But, friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a Worthy One?" "By a Worthy One too, friend Koṭṭhika, these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as misery, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as non-self. There is not, friend, for a Worthy One anything further to be done or any adding to what has been done; but these mental states, when developed and cultivated, lead to pleasant abiding in the present life and to mindfulness and full awareness." The tenth.