← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN6.71Numbered Discourses 6.71SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 6.717. A GodCapable of Realizing“Mendicants, a mendicant with six qualities is incapable of realizing anything that can be realized, since each and every one is within range.What six?It’s when a mendicant doesn’t truly understand which qualities make things worse, which keep things steady, which lead to distinction, and which lead to penetration. And they don’t practice carefully or do what’s suitable.A mendicant with these six qualities is incapable of realizing anything that can be realized, since each and every one is within range.A mendicant with six qualities is capable of realizing anything that can be realized, since each and every one is within range.What six?It’s when a mendicant truly understands which qualities make things worse, which keep things steady, which lead to distinction, and which lead to penetration. And they practice carefully and do what’s suitable.A mendicant with these six qualities is capable of realizing anything that can be realized, since each and every one is within range.”