The Long Āgama Sūtra 10.20

10.20

「云何六知法？謂六出要界：若比丘作是言：『我修慈心，更生瞋恚。』餘比丘言：『汝勿作此言，勿謗如來，如來不作是說，欲使修慈解脫更生瞋恚者，無有是處。佛言：除瞋恚已，然後得慈。』若比丘言：『我行悲解脫，生憎嫉心；行喜解脫，生憂惱心；行捨解脫，生憎愛心；行無我行，生狐疑心；行無想行，生眾亂想。』亦復如是。云何六證法？謂六神通：一者神足通證，二者天耳通證，三者知他心通證，四者宿命通證，五者天眼通證，六者漏盡通證。是為六十法。諸比丘！如實無虛，如來知已，平等說法。

“What are six things to know? The six spheres of escape: [1] Suppose a monk says, ‘I’d cultivate kindness, but then I become angry.’ The other monks say, ‘Don’t say that! Don’t misrepresent the Tathāgata. The Tathāgata doesn’t say, “I’d like to cultivate the liberation of kindness, but then notions of anger arise.” That’s impossible. The Buddha says, “Once anger is gone, then one becomes kind afterward.”’

“Suppose a monk says, [2] ‘I’d practice the liberation of compassion, but then I have hateful thoughts.’… [3] ‘practice the liberation of joy, but then I have sorrowful thoughts.’ … [4] ‘practice the liberation of equanimity, but then I have thoughts of like or dislike.’ … [5] ‘cultivate the practice of non-self, but then I have suspicious thoughts’ … [6] ‘cultivate the practice without conception, but then I have many distracting notions.’ Those cases are likewise.

“What are six things to be realized? The six spiritual penetrations: Realization of miraculous abilities, realization of the heavenly ear, realization of knowing others’ minds, realization of perceiving past lives, realization of the heavenly eye, and realization of perceiving the end of the contaminants.

“These sixty things, monks, are true and not false. They’ve been known by the Tathāgata who teaches the Dharma equally.