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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

102(7)Unlasting

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

102(7)Unlasting

"Bhikkhus,when a bhikkhu considers six benefits,it is enough for him to establish the unlimited perception of impermanence in all conditioned phenomena. Sabbasankharesu anodhim karitva aniccasarinam upatthapetum.Mp:"Unlimited:without setting a boundary thus:'Only these conditioned phenomena,but no others,are impermanent.'"
What six?

(1) All conditioned phenomena will appear to me as unlasting.(2)My mind will not delight in anything in the world.(3)My mind will rise up from the entire world.(4)My mind will slope toward nibbāna. (5)My fetters will be abandoned. Ce and Ee have gacchanti,but the future meaning(originally conveyed by this form)seems intended here.Be has gacchissanti,perhaps a novel future form.

And(6)I will come to possess supreme asceticism. I read with Be and Ee bhavissami,as against Ce bhavissati.

"Bhikkhus,when a bhikkhu considers these six benefits,it is enough for him to establish the unlimited perception of impermanence in all conditioned phenomena."