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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones


1"Bhikkhus, one thing, when developed and cultivated, (591) leads to differentiation by wisdom … (592) leads to nibbāna through non-clinging.[n.211] Mp glosses paññāpabhedāya with paññāya pabhedagamanatthaṁ. At Paṭis-a III 644,6–7, paññāpabhedakusalo is glossed "skilled in his own infinite distinctions" (attano anantavikappecheko). Its near synonym, pabhinnañāṇo, is explained as "having knowledge that has attained infinite differentiations" (anantappabhedapattañāṇo). Mp glosses anupādāparinibbāna with apaccayaparinibbānassa sacchikiriyatthāya, "for the purpose of realizing the non-conditioned final nibbāna." What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, leads to differentiation by wisdom … leads to nibbāna through non-clinging."