8.
The Second Discourse on Anuruddha
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Then the Venerable Anuruddha approached the Venerable Sāriputta;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Venerable Sāriputta.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Anuruddha said this to the Venerable Sāriputta -
"Here I, friend Sāriputta, with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, survey a thousand worlds.
My energy is aroused and unsluggish, mindfulness is established and unconfused, the body is calm and not excited, the mind is concentrated and fully focused.
And yet my mind is not liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging."
"That you, friend Anuruddha, think thus - 'I with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, survey a thousand worlds' - this is conceit in you. And that you, friend Anuruddha, think thus - 'My energy is aroused and unsluggish, mindfulness is established and unconfused, the body is calm and not excited, the mind is concentrated and fully focused' - this is restlessness in you. And that you, friend Anuruddha, think thus - 'And yet my mind is not liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging' - this is remorse in you. It would be good if the Venerable Anuruddha, by abandoning these three mental states, not attending to these three mental states, would focus the mind on the deathless element."
Then the Venerable Anuruddha at a later time, by abandoning these three mental states, not attending to these three mental states, focused the mind on the deathless element. Then dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, the Venerable Anuruddha soon realised for himself, with direct knowledge, in this very life, that unsurpassed consummation of the holy life for the sake of which sons of good family rightly go forth from home into homelessness; and, having entered upon it, he dwelt in it. He directly knew: "Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being." And the Venerable Anuruddha became one of the Worthy Ones. The eighth.