Girimnanda Sutta

Eka samaya bhagav svatthiya viharati jetavane anthapiikassa rme.

Tena kho pana samayena yasm girimnando bdhiko hoti dukkhito bhagilno.
Atha kho yasm nando yena bhagav tenupasakami, upasakamitv
bhagavanta abhivdetv ekamanta nisdi. Ekamanta nisinno kho yasm
nando bhagavanta etadavoca:
yasm bhante girimnando bdhiko hoti dukkhino bhagilno. Sdhu bhante
bhagav yenyasm girimnando tenupasakamatu anukampa updyti.
Sace kho tva nanda girimnandassa bhikkhuno upasakamitv dasasa
bhseyysi, hna kho paneta vijjati ya girimnandassa bhikkhuno dasasa
sutv so bdho hnaso paippassambheyya.
Katam
dasa:Aniccasa,
anattasa,
pahnasa,
virgasa,
nirodhasa,
sabbasakhresu aniccasa, npnasati.

asubhasa,
dnavasa,
sabbaloke
anabhiratasa,

1. Katamcnanda aniccasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v

rukkhamlagato v sugragato v iti paisacikkhati: ''rpa anicca vedan
anicc sa anicc sakhr anicc via aniccanti''. Iti imesu
pacasupdnakkhandhesu aniccnupass viharati. Aya vuccatnanda
aniccasa.
2. Katamcnanda anattasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v
rukkhamlagato v sugragato v iti paisacikkhati: ''cakkhu anatt, rp
anatt sota anatt, sadd anatt, ghna anatt, gandh anatt, jivh anatt, ras
anatt, kyo anatt, phohabb anatt, mano anatt, dhamm anatt''ti. Iti imesu
chasu ajjhattika bhiresu yatanesu anattnupass viharati. Aya vuccatnanda
anattasa.

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3. Katamcnanda asubhasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu imameva kya uddha

pdatal adho kesamatthak tacapariyanta pra nnappakrassa asucino
paccavekkhati: ''atthi imasmi kye kes lom nakh dant taco masa nahru
ahi ahimij vakka hadaya yakana kilomaka pihaka papphsa anta
antagua udariya karsa pitta semha pubbo lohita sedo medo assu vas
khelo sighnik lasik muttanti'' iti imasmi kye asubhnupass viharati, aya
vuccatnanda asubhasa.
3. Katamcnanda dnavasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v
rukkhamlagato v sugragato v itipaisacikkhati: ''bahu dukkho kho aya
kyo bahu dnavo, iti imasmi kye vividh bdh uppajjanti, seyyathda:
cakkhurogo sotarogo ghnarogo jivhrogo kyarogo ssarogo kaarogo
mukharogo Dantarogo kso sso pinso aho jaro kucchirogo mucch pakkhandik
sl viscik kuha gao kilso soso apamro dadd kau kacchu rakhas1
vitacchik lohitapitta madhumeho as piak bhagandal pittasamuhn
bdh semhasamuhn bdh, vtasamuhn bdh sanniptik bdh
utuparimaj bdh visamaparihraj bdh opakkamik bdh
kammavipkaj bdh sta uha jighacch pips uccro passvo''ti. Iti
imasmi kye dnavnupass viharati. Aya vuccatnanda dnavasa.
5. Katamcnanda pahnasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu uppanna kmavitakka
ndhivseti pajahati vinodeti byantkaroti anabhva gameti. Uppanna
vypdavitakka ndhivseti pajahati vinodeti byantkaroti anabhva gameti.
Uppanna vihis vitakka ndhivseti pajahati vinodeti byantkaroti anabhva
gameti. Uppannppanne ppake akusale dhamme ndhivseti pajahati vinodeti
byantkaroti anabhva gameti. Aya vuccatnanda pahnasa.
6. Katamcnanda virgasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v
rukkhamlagato v sugragato v iti paisacikkhati: ''eta santa eta
pata yadida sabbasakhrasamatho sabbpadhipainissaggo, tahakkhayo
virgo nibbnanti. Aya vuccatnanda virgasa.

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7. Katamcnanda nirodhasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v

rukkhamlagato v sugragato v iti paisacikkhati: ''eta santa eta
pata yadida sabbasakhrasamatho sabbpadhipainissaggo, tahakkhayo
virgo nirodho nibbnanti''. Aya vuccatnanda nirodhasa.

8. Katamcnanda sabbaloke anabhiratasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu ye loke

upypdn cetaso adhihnbhinivesnusay, te pajahanto viramati na
updiyanto. Aya vuccatnanda sabbaloke anabhiratasa.
9. Katamcnanda sabbasakhresu aniccasa: Idhnanda bhikkhu
sabbasakhrehi ayati haryati jigucchati. Aya vuccatnanda sabbasakhresu
aniccasa.
10. Katamcnanda npnasati: Idhnanda bhikkhu araagato v
rukkhamlagato v sugragato v nisdati pallaka bhujitv uju kya
paidhya parimukha sati upahapetv. So sato va assasati, sato passasati.
Dgha v assasanto dgha assasmti pajnti. Dgha v passasanto dgha
passasmti pajnti. Rassa v assasanto rassa assasmti pajnti. Rassa v
passasanto rassa passmti pajnti. Sabbakya paisaved assasissmti
sikkhati. Sabbakya paisaved passasissmti sikkhati. Passambhaya
kyasakhra
assasissmti
sikkhati.
Passambhaya
kyasakra
passasissmti sikkhati. Ptipaisaved assasissmti sikkhati. Ptipaisaved
passasissmti
sikkhati.
Sukhapaisaved
assasissmti
sikkhati.
Sukhapaisaved passasissmti sikkhati. Cittasakhrapaisaved assasissmti
sikkhati. Cittasakhrapaisaved passasissmti sikkhati. Passambhaya
cittasakhra
assasissmti
sikkhati.
Passambhaya
cittasakhra
passasissmti sikkhati. Cittapaisaved assasissmti sikkhati. Cittapaisaved
passasissmti
sikkhati. Abhippamodaya citta assasissmti sikkhati.
Abhippamodaya citta passasissmti sikkhati. Samdaha citta assasissmti
sikkhati. Samdaha citta passasissmti sikkhati. Vimocaya citta
assasissmti sikkhati. Vimocaya citta passasissmti sikkhati. Aniccnupass
assasissmti sikkhati. Aniccnupass passasissmti sikkhati. Virgnupass
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assasissmti sikkhati. Virgnupass passasissmti sikkhati. Nirodhnupass

assasissmti sikkhati. Nirodhnupass passasissmti sikkhati. Painissaggnupass
assasissmti sikkhati. Painissaggnupass passasissmti sikkhati. Aya
vuccatnanda npnasati. Sace kho tva nanda girimnandassa bhikkhuno
upasakamitv im dasa sa bhseyysi, hna kho paneta vijjati ya
girimnandassa bhikkhuno im dasa sa sutv so bdho hnaso
paippassambheyyti. Atha kho yasm nando bhagavato santike im dasa sa
uggahetv yenyasm girimnando tenupasakami. Upasakamitv yasmato
girimnandassa im dasa sa abhsi. Atha kho yasmato girimnandassa im
dasa sa sutv so bdho hnaso paippassambh, vuhhi cyasm
girimnando tamh bdh tath pahno ca panyasmato girimnandassa so bdho
ahosti.

Translation
AN 10.60
PTS: A v 108

Girimananda Sutta: Discourse to Girimananda Thera

Thus have I heard:

On one occasion the Blessed One was living near Savatthi at Jetavana at the
monastery of Anathapindika. Now at that time, the Venerable Girimananda was
afflicted with a disease, was suffering therefrom, and was gravely ill. Thereupon
the Venerable Ananda approached the Buddha and having saluted him sat beside
him. So seated the Venerable Ananda said this to the Blessed One:
"Bhante (Venerable Sir,) the Venerable Girimananda is afflicted with disease, is
suffering therefrom, and is gravely ill. It were well, bhante, if the Blessed One
would visit the Venerable Girimananda out of compassion for him." (Thereupon
the Buddha said):
"Should you, Ananda, visit the monk Girimananda and recite to him the ten
contemplations, then that monk Girimananda having heard them, will be
immediately cured of his disease.
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"What are the ten?

Contemplation of impermanence. Contemplation of anatta (absence of a
permanent self or soul). Contemplation of foulness (asubha). Contemplation of
disadvantage (danger). Contemplation of abandonment. Contemplation of
detachment. Contemplation of cessation. Contemplation of distaste for the whole
world. Contemplation of impermanence of all component things. Mindfulness of
in-breathing and out-breathing.
i. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of impermanence? Herein, Ananda, a
monk having gone to the forest or to the foot of a tree or to an empty house (lonely
place) contemplates thus: 'Matter (visible objects) is impermanent; feeling or
sensation is impermanent; perception is impermanent; formations are
impermanent; consciousness is impermanent. Thus he dwells contemplating
impermanence in these five aggregates.' This, Ananda, is called contemplation of
impermanence.
ii. "And what Ananda is contemplation of anatta? Herein, Ananda, a monk having
gone to the forest or to the foot of a tree or to a lonely place contemplates thus:
'The eye is not the self; visible objects are not the self; the ear is not the self;
sounds are not the self; the nose is not the self; smells are not the self; the tongue is
not the self; tastes are not the self; the body is not the self; bodily contacts (tangible
objects) are not the self; the mind is not the self; mental objects are not the self.'
Thus he dwells contemplating not self in these internal and external bases. This,
Ananda, is called contemplation of anatta.
iii. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of foulness? Herein, Ananda, a monk
contemplates this body upward from the soles of the feet, downward from the top
of the hair, enclosed in skin, as being full of many impurities. In this body there are
head-hairs, body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys,
heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, intestines, intestinal tract, stomach, feces, bile,
phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, grease, saliva, nasal mucous, synovium (oil
lubricating the joints), and urine. Thus he dwells contemplating foulness in this
body. This, Ananda, is called contemplation of foulness.
iv. "What, Ananda, is contemplation of disadvantage (danger)? Herein, Ananda, a
monk having gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to a lonely place,
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contemplates thus: 'Many are the sufferings, many are the disadvantages (dangers)
of this body since diverse diseases are engendered in this body, such as the
following: Eye-disease, ear-disease, nose-disease, tongue-disease, body-disease,
headache, mumps, mouth-disease, tooth-ache, cough, asthma, catarrh, heart-burn,
fever, stomach ailment, fainting, dysentry, swelling, gripes, leprosy, boils, scrofula,
consumption, epilepsy, ringworm, itch, eruption, tetter, pustule, plethora, diabetes,
piles, cancer, fistula, and diseases originating from bile, from phlegm, from wind,
from conflict of the humors, from changes of weather, from adverse condition
(faulty deportment), from devices (practiced by others), from kamma-vipaka
(results of kamma); and cold, heat, hunger, thirst, excrement, and urine.' Thus he
dwells contemplating disadvantage (danger) in this body. This Ananda, is called
contemplation of disadvantage (danger).
v. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of abandonment? Herein, Ananda, a monk
does not tolerate a thought of sensual desire that has arisen in him, dispels it,
makes an end of it, and annihilates it. He does not tolerate a thought of ill-will that
has arisen in him, but abandons, dispels it, makes an end of it, and annihilates it.
He does not tolerate a thought of cruelty that has arisen in him but abandons it,
dispels it, makes an end of it, and annihilates it. He does not tolerate evil,
unprofitable states that arise in him from time to time, but abandons them, dispels
them, makes an end of them, and annihilates them. This, Ananda, is called
contemplation of abandonment.
vi. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of detachment? Herein, Ananda, a monk
having gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to a lonely place, contemplates
thus: 'This is peaceful, this is sublime, namely, the stilling of all conditioned things,
the giving up of all substratum of becoming, the extinction of craving, detachment,
Nibbana.' This, Ananda, is called contemplation of detachment.
vii. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of cessation? Herein, Ananda, a monk
having gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to a lonely place, contemplates
thus: 'This is peaceful, this is sublime, namely, the stilling of all component things,
the extinction of craving, cessation, Nibbana.' This, Ananda, is called
contemplation of cessation.

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viii. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of distaste for the whole world? Herein,
Ananda, (a monk) by abandoning any concern and clinging to this world, by
abandoning mental prejudices, wrong beliefs, and latent tendencies concerning this
world, by not grasping them, but by giving them up, becomes detached. This,
Ananda, Is called contemplation of distaste for the whole world.
ix. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of impermanence of all component
things? Herein, Ananda, a monk is wearied, humiliated, and disgusted with all
conditioned things. This, Ananda, is called contemplation of impermanence of all
component things.
x. "And what, Ananda, is mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing? Herein,
Ananda, a monk having gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to a lonely
place, sits down, having folded his legs crosswise, keeping the body erect, and his
mindfulness alive, mindful he breathes in, mindful he breathes out.
"When he is breathing in a long breath, he knows: 'I am breathing in a long breath,'
when he is breathing out a long breath, he knows: 'I am breathing out a long
breath'; when he is breathing in a short breath, he knows: 'I am breathing in a short
breath,' when he is breathing out a short breath, he knows: 'I am breathing out a
short breath.' 'Conscious of the entire process I shall breathe in,' thus he trains
himself. 'Conscious of the entire process I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Calming the entire process, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'calming the
entire process I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Experiencing rapture, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'experiencing
rapture, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Experiencing bliss, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'experiencing bliss, I
shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Experiencing the mental formations (feeling and perception), I shall breathe in,'
thus he trains himself; 'experiencing the mental formations, I shall breathe out,'
thus he trains himself.
"'Calming the mental formations, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself;
'calming the mental formations, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
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"'Experiencing the mind (according to the fourfold absorptions, or jhanas), I shall

breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'experiencing the mind, I shall breathe out,' thus
he trains himself.
"'Exceedingly gladdening the mind (by samatha, calming, as well as by vipassana,
insight), I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'exceedingly gladdening the
mind, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Concentrating the mind (on the breath), I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself;
concentrating the mind I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"'Liberating the mind (from the nivaranas, or hindrances), I shall breathe in,' thus
he trains himself, 'liberating the mind I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself;
'contemplating impermanence (in body, feelings, perceptions, volitional
formations, consciousness), I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself;
'contemplating impermanence, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself;
'contemplating detachment, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself;
'contemplating detachment, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself;
'contemplating cessation, I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself, 'contemplating
cessation, I shall breathe out,' thus he trains himself; 'contemplating abandonment,
I shall breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'contemplating abandonment, I shall
breathe out,' thus he trains himself.
"This, Ananda, is called mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing. If, Ananda,
you visit the monk Girimananda and recite to him these ten contemplations, then
that monk, Girimananda, having heard them, will be immediately cured of his
affliction."
Thereupon the Venerable Ananda, having learned these ten contemplations from
the Blessed One, visited the Venerable Girimananda, and recited to him the ten
contemplations. When the Venerable Girimananda had heard them, his affliction
was immediately cured. He recovered from that affliction, and thus disappeared the
affliction of the Venerable Girimananda.

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