Dasuttarasutta 1.2: 1. Eko dhammo

1.2.1

Eko, āvuso, dhammo bahukāro, eko dhammo bhāvetabbo, eko dhammo pariññeyyo, eko dhammo pahātabbo, eko dhammo hānabhāgiyo, eko dhammo visesabhāgiyo, eko dhammo duppaṭivijjho, eko dhammo uppādetabbo, eko dhammo abhiññeyyo, eko dhammo sacchikātabbo.

Reverends, one thing is helpful, one thing should be developed, one thing should be completely understood, one thing should be given up, one thing makes things worse, one thing leads to distinction, one thing is hard to comprehend, one thing should be produced, one thing should be directly known, one thing should be realized.

1.2.2

Katamo eko dhammo bahukāro?

What one thing is helpful?

1.2.3

Appamādo kusalesu dhammesu.

Diligence in skillful qualities.

1.2.4

Ayaṃ eko dhammo bahukāro.

1.2.5

Katamo eko dhammo bhāvetabbo?

What one thing should be developed?

1.2.6

Kāyagatāsati sātasahagatā.

Mindfulness of the body that is full of pleasure.

1.2.7

Ayaṃ eko dhammo bhāvetabbo.

1.2.8

Katamo eko dhammo pariññeyyo?

What one thing should be completely understood?

1.2.9

Phasso sāsavo upādāniyo.

Contact, which is accompanied by defilements and fuels grasping.

1.2.10

Ayaṃ eko dhammo pariññeyyo.

1.2.11

Katamo eko dhammo pahātabbo?

What one thing should be given up?

1.2.12

Asmimāno.

The conceit ‘I am’.

1.2.13

Ayaṃ eko dhammo pahātabbo.

1.2.14

Katamo eko dhammo hānabhāgiyo?

What one thing makes things worse?

1.2.15

Ayoniso manasikāro.

Irrational application of mind.

1.2.16

Ayaṃ eko dhammo hānabhāgiyo.

1.2.17

Katamo eko dhammo visesabhāgiyo?

What one thing leads to distinction?

1.2.18

Yoniso manasikāro.

Rational application of mind.

1.2.19

Ayaṃ eko dhammo visesabhāgiyo.

1.2.20

Katamo eko dhammo duppaṭivijjho?

What one thing is hard to comprehend?

1.2.21

Ānantariko cetosamādhi.

The heart’s immersion of immediate result.

1.2.22

Ayaṃ eko dhammo duppaṭivijjho.

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Katamo eko dhammo uppādetabbo?

What one thing should be produced?

1.2.24

Akuppaṃ ñāṇaṃ.

Unshakable knowledge.

1.2.25

Ayaṃ eko dhammo uppādetabbo.

1.2.26

Katamo eko dhammo abhiññeyyo?

What one thing should be directly known?

1.2.27

Sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā.

All sentient beings are sustained by food.

1.2.28

Ayaṃ eko dhammo abhiññeyyo.

1.2.29

Katamo eko dhammo sacchikātabbo?

What one thing should be realized?

1.2.30

Akuppā cetovimutti.

The unshakable release of the heart.

1.2.31

Ayaṃ eko dhammo sacchikātabbo.

1.2.32

Iti ime dasa dhammā bhūtā tacchā tathā avitathā anaññathā sammā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā.

So these ten things that are true, real, and accurate, not unreal, not otherwise were rightly understood by the Realized One.