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- Anguttara Nikaya VI.86
- Avaranata Sutta
- Obstructions
- For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma
"Endowed with these six qualities, a person is incapable of alighting on the
lawfulness, the rightness of skillful mental qualities even when listening to the true
Dhamma. Which six?
"He is endowed with a (present) kamma obstruction, a defilement obstruction, a
result-of-(past)-kamma obstruction; he lacks conviction, has no desire (to listen), and
has dull discernment.
"Endowed with these six qualities, a person is incapable of alighting on the
lawfulness, the rightness of skillful mental qualities even when listening to the true
Dhamma.
"Endowed with these six qualities, a person is capable of alighting on the
lawfulness, the rightness of skillful mental qualities even while listening to the true
Dhamma. Which six?
"He is not endowed with a (present) kamma obstruction, a defilement obstruction,
or a result-of-(past)-kamma obstruction; he has conviction, has the desire (to listen),
and is discerning.
"Endowed with these six qualities, a person is capable of alighting on the
lawfulness, the rightness of skillful mental qualities even while listening to the true
Dhamma."