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The Chapter on Common Qualities 1. The Discourse on Contemplating the Body Six, monks, without abandoning these qualities, one is unable to dwell contemplating the body in the body. Which six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, unguarded doors of the senses, immoderation in food. Indeed, monks, without abandoning these six qualities, one is unable to dwell contemplating the body in the body. Six, monks, by abandoning these qualities, one is able to dwell contemplating the body in the body. Which six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, unguarded doors of the senses, immoderation in food. Indeed, monks, by abandoning these six qualities, one is able to dwell contemplating the body in the body. The First. 2. The Discourse on Contemplating Phenomena Six, monks, without abandoning these qualities, one is unable to dwell contemplating the body internally in the body... externally in the body... internally and externally in the body... internally in feelings... externally in feelings... internally and externally in feelings... internally in mind... externally in mind... internally and externally in mind... internally in phenomena... externally in phenomena... internally and externally in phenomena, contemplating phenomena in phenomena. Which six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, unguarded doors of the senses, immoderation in food. Indeed, monks, by abandoning these six qualities, one is able to dwell contemplating phenomena in phenomena, internally and externally. The Second. 3. The Discourse to Tapussa Endowed with six qualities, monks, Tapussa the householder, having attained certainty in the Tathāgata, having seen the Deathless, having realized the Deathless, lives. With which six? With unwavering faith in the Buddha, with unwavering faith in the Dhamma, with unwavering faith in the Saṅgha, with noble virtue, with noble knowledge, with noble liberation. Indeed, monks, endowed with these six qualities, Tapussa the householder, having attained certainty in the Tathāgata, having seen the Deathless... one who sees the Deathless, having realized the Deathless, conducts oneself." The third. 4-23. Discourses beginning with Bhallika 120-139. "Monks, endowed with six qualities, Bhallika the householder... Sudatta the householder, Anāthapiṇḍika... Citta the householder, from Macchikāsaṇḍa... Hatthaka from Āḷavī... Mahānāma the Sakyan... Ugga the householder, from Vesālī... Uggata the householder... Sūrambaṭṭha... Jīvaka Komārabhacca... Nakulapitā the householder... Tavakaṇṇika the householder... Pūraṇa the householder... Isidatta the householder... Sandhāna the householder... Vicaya the householder... Vijayamāhika the householder... Meṇḍaka the householder... Vāseṭṭha the lay follower... Ariṭṭha the lay follower... Sāragga the lay follower, having become firm in the Tathagata, one who sees the Deathless, having realized the Deathless, conducts oneself. Which six? With unwavering faith in the Buddha, with unwavering faith in the Dhamma, with unwavering faith in the Saṅgha, with noble virtue, with noble knowledge, with noble liberation. Monks, endowed with these six qualities, Sāragga the lay follower, having become firm in the Tathagata, one who sees the Deathless, having realized the Deathless, conducts oneself." The twenty-third. The Twelfth Chapter on Common Qualities.