Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.72
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 4.72
8. Apaṇṇakavagga
8. Unfailing
Sammādiṭṭhisutta
Right View
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakappaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāya.
“Mendicants, when a mendicant has four things their practice is unfailing, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.
Katamehi catūhi?
What four?
Nekkhammavitakkena, abyāpādavitakkena, avihiṁsāvitakkena, sammādiṭṭhiyā—
Thoughts of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness; and right view.
imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakappaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāyā”ti.
When a mendicant has these four things their practice is unfailing, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”
Dutiyaṁ.