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# AN 6:92 · Cases (Ṭhāna Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-6-92/
- Published: 2026-06-01T04:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T17:02:11.000Z
- Description: Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 6:92. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

“Monks, these six are impossible cases. Which six?

“It’s impossible for a person consummate in view[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN6%5F92.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) to live without respect or deference for the Teacher. It’s impossible for a person consummate in view to live without respect or deference for the Dhamma. It’s impossible for a person consummate in view to live without respect or deference for the Saṅgha. It’s impossible for a person consummate in view to live without respect or deference for the Training \[heightened virtue, heightened concentration, heightened discernment\]. It’s impossible for a person consummate in view to return to that which should not be gone to.[2](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN6%5F92.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) It’s impossible for a person consummate in view to produce an eighth state of becoming.[3](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN6%5F92.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

“These six are impossible cases.”

Notes

1\. Consummate in view, *diṭṭhi-sampanna,* is an epithet for a person who has attained stream-entry.

2\. According to the Commentary, this means that the stream-enterer cannot intentionally break any of the five precepts or adopt any of the 62 wrong views listed in [DN 1](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dn-01/).

3\. In other words, the stream-enterer has, at most, no more than seven future births before gaining full awakening.

See also: [SN 16:13](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-16-13/); [AN 3:87–88](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-3-87/); [AN 7:31–34](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-7-31/); [AN 7:56](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-7-56/)

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