Khuddakapāṭha 4

Basic Passages 4

The Boy’s Questions

1 What is the one? All sentient beings are sustained by food.

2 What is the two? Name and form.

3 What is the three? Three feelings.

4 What is the four? Four noble truths.

5 What is the five? Five grasping aggregates.

6 What is the six? Six interior sense fields.

7 What is the seven? Seven awakening factors.

8 What is the eight? The noble eightfold path.

9 What is the nine? Nine abodes of sentient beings.

10 What is the ten? One endowed with ten factors is called “perfected”.