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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

76(2)Arahantship

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

76(2)Arahantship

"Bhikkhus,without having abandoned six things,one is incapable of realizing arahantship.
What six?
Conceit,an inferiority complex,arrogance,self-over estimation,obstinacy,and self-abasement.
Without having abandoned these six things,one is incapable of realizing arahantship. Mp:"Conceit(māna)is conceiving oneself [to be better]based on birth,etc.The inferiority complex(omana)is the conceit,'I am inferior'(hino'ham asmī timana).Arrogance(atimāna)is the conceit of self-elevation.Self-overestimation(adhimana)is imagining one- self to have attained [what one has not really attained].Obstinacy (thambha)is due to anger and conceit.Self-abasement(atinipata) is the conceit 'I am inferior' occurring in one who is actually inferior."
"Bhikkhus,having abandoned six things,one is capable of realizing arahantship.
What six?
Conceit...self-abasement.
Having abandoned these six things,one is capable of realizing arahantship."