Academic | Sutta Name | Notes | PSA Plae | Vagga | Nikaya | PTS | Keywords |
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AN.IV.179 | Nibbaana Sutta | The obstacles to attaining parinibbaana in the present lifetime are enumerated. Lack of clear knowing in the following four forms of signs: 1. the signs of deterioration [haanabhaagiya sa~n~naa]; 2. the signs of establishment/stability [.thitibhagiya sa~n~naa]; 3. the signs of the outstanding / miraculous [visesabhaagiya sa~n~naa], and; 4. the signs leading to uprooting of defilements [nibbhedhabhaagiya sa~n~naa]. However those who recognize these four signs may attain Nirvana in this very lifetime. | 35/430 | Catukanipaata Catuttha Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.ii. |