[246] Bhikkhus, the Deathless (amata) has not been realized by those by whom mindfulness directed to the body (kāyagatāsati) has not been realized. Bhikkhus, the Deathless has been realized by those by whom mindfulness directed to the body has been realized.¹ ²
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The Thousand Suttas of the Book of the Ones (Ekanipāta) is concluded.³
¹ The Burmese edition adds: "This is what the Blessed One said. Elated, those bhikkhus delighted in the Blessed One's statement."
² The Burmese edition names this chapter the Amatavagga.
³ The Burmese edition reads: "The Pali text of the Book of the Ones is finished."
The Book of the Twos (Dukanipāta)
of the Aṅguttara Nikāya of the Suttantapiṭaka
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Homage to that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One.
The First Fifty (Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.