Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Second Discourse)

Monks, there are these six cases of incapability.

What six?

One accomplished in view is:

(1) incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Teacher;

(2) incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Teachings;

(3) incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Community;

(4) incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward the training;

(5) incapable of resorting to anything that should not be relied upon;

(6) incapable of undergoing an eighth existence.

These are the six cases of incapability.

(Reference: AN 6.92)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares six (6) cases of incapability of one accomplished in view (Second Discourse).

(1) Incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Teacher: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would not be capable of disrespect towards The Buddha or their Teacher who guided them to establishing Right View.

The mind of the Practitioner would be experiencing significant improvements and they would only have gratitude, appreciation, and respect practicing politeness towards The Buddha and their Teacher.

(2) Incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Teachings: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would not be capable of disrespect towards The Teachings which they are learning, reflecting, and practicing on The Path to Enlightenment guiding them to establish Right View.

The mind of the Practitioner would be experiencing significant improvements and they would only have gratitude, appreciation, and respect practicing politeness towards The Teachings.

(3) Incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward The Community: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would not be capable of disrespect towards The Community of Practitioners who are assisting them in learning, reflecting, and practicing on The Path to Enlightenment guiding them to establish Right View.

The mind of the Practitioner would be experiencing significant improvements and they would only have gratitude, appreciation, and respect practicing politeness towards The Community.

(4) Incapable of residing without deep respect and politeness toward the training: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would not be capable of disrespect towards the training which is assisting them in learning, reflecting, and practicing on The Path to Enlightenment guiding them to establish Right View.

The mind of the Practitioner would be experiencing significant improvements and they would only have gratitude, appreciation, and respect practicing politeness towards the training methods employed to assist them on The Path to Enlightenment.

(5) Incapable of resorting to anything that should not be relied upon: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would have needed to investigate many aspects of these Teachings to discover the truth to acquire wisdom. In doing so, the mind would not be capable of relying on falsehoods or non-truths. The Practitioner would be able to independently investigate to determine what is truth and non-truth of information shared with them.

It would not be possible for a Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” to believe in unfounded conspiracy theories or any other beliefs. They would only be interested in discovering the truth so that all their decisions are based on wisdom producing the best possible outcomes.

(6) Incapable of undergoing an eighth existence: A Practitioner who is “accomplished in view” would have attained the first Stage of Enlightenment as a Stream-Enterer destined for Enlightenment. They would not be capable of experiencing an eighth existence.

A Stream-Enterer is reborn no more than seven (7) times before they will attain Enlightenment being incapable of an eighth existence.