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# Silavantasutta 5.1-4

Sīlavantasutta 5.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.5.1)

“Arahatā panāvuso sāriputta, katame dhammā yoniso manasi kātabbā”ti?

> “But Reverend Sāriputta, what things should a perfected one rationally apply the mind to?”  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.5.2)

“Arahatāpi kho, āvuso koṭṭhika, ime pañcupādānakkhandhe aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

> “Reverend Koṭṭhita, a perfected one should also rationally apply the mind to the five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.5.3)

Natthi, khvāvuso, arahato uttari karaṇīyaṃ katassa vā paticayo;

> A perfected one has nothing more to do, and nothing that needs improvement.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.5.4)

api ca ime dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārāya ceva saṃvattanti satisampajaññāya cā”ti.

> Still, these things, when developed and cultivated, lead to blissful meditation in this life, and also to mindfulness and situational awareness.”  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

## Translations (2)

- [An Ethical Mendicant](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122~en-sujato.5.1) — English
- [Tugendhaft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German

## Linked texts (2)

- [Sutavantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.123.4.3) — Pāli
- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.259.15) — Classical Chinese

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