11.
The Discourse about the Learned One
123.
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;
having approached, etc.
said this -
"Friend Sāriputta, what mental states should be wisely attended to by a learned monk?" "Friend Koṭṭhika, by a learned monk the five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, etc. as non-self. Which five? That is: the aggregate of clinging to matter, etc. the aggregate of clinging to consciousness. Friend Koṭṭhika, by a learned monk these five aggregates of clinging should be wisely attended to as impermanent, etc. as non-self. Now, friend, there is this possibility - that a learned 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, etc. The fruition of non-returning, etc. might realise the fruition of 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 eleventh.