{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.90/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.90","id":"suttacentral_an10.90","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.90/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable S\u0101riputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cS\u0101riputta, how many powers does a mendicant who has ended the defilements have that qualify them to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019\u201d \u201cSir, a mendicant who has ended the defilements has ten powers that qualify them to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 What ten? Firstly, a mendicant with defilements ended has clearly seen with right wisdom all conditions as truly impermanent. This is a power that a mendicant who has ended the defilements relies on to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant with defilements ended has clearly seen with right wisdom that sensual pleasures are truly like a pit of glowing coals. This is a power that a mendicant who has ended the defilements relies on to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 Furthermore, the mind of a mendicant with defilements ended slants, slopes, and inclines to seclusion. They\u2019re withdrawn, loving renunciation, and have totally eliminated defiling influences. This is a power that a mendicant who has ended the defilements relies on to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant with defilements ended has well developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. This is a power that a mendicant who has ended the defilements relies on to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant with defilements ended has well developed the four right efforts. \u2026 the four bases of psychic power \u2026 the five faculties \u2026 the five powers \u2026 the seven awakening factors \u2026 the noble eightfold path. This is a power that a mendicant who has ended the defilements relies on to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019 A mendicant who has ended the defilements possesses these ten powers that qualify them to claim: \u2018My defilements have ended.\u2019\u201d","title":"The Powers of One Who has Ended Defilements","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":302}