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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.156–166

  • Numbered Discourses 10.156–166Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.156–166
  • 16. Individuals16. Puggalavagga

Frequenting, Etc.Bhajitabbādisutta

“Mendicants, you should not frequent an individual who has ten qualities. …“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato puggalo na bhajitabbo …pe… you should frequent …bhajitabbo …pe… you should not pay homage …na payirupāsitabbo … you should pay homage …payirupāsitabbo …pe… you should not venerate …na pujjo hoti … you should venerate …pujjo hoti …pe… you should not praise …na pāsaṁso hoti … you should praise …pāsaṁso hoti …pe… you should not respect …agāravo hoti … you should respect …sagāravo hoti …pe… you should not revere …appatisso hoti … you should revere …sappatisso hoti …pe… is not a success …na ārādhako hoti … is a success …ārādhako hoti …pe… is not pure …na visujjhati … is pure …visujjhati …pe… does not win over conceit …mānaṁ nādhibhoti … wins over conceit …mānaṁ adhibhoti …pe… does not grow in wisdom …paññāya na vaḍḍhati … grows in wisdom …paññāya vaḍḍhati …pe….

brims with much wickedness …Bahuṁ apuññaṁ pasavati … brims with much merit.bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavati. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.Sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti, sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti— An individual who has these ten qualities brims with much merit.”imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato puggalo bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavatī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 10.199–210 Should Not Associate, Etc. 0.61near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.199–210 20. Another Chapter on Individuals Should Not Associate, Etc. “Mendicants, you should not associate with an individual who possesses ten qualities. What ten? They kill living creatures, ste…
  2. AN 10.155 You Should Associate 0.60near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.155 16. Individuals You Should Associate “Mendicants, you should not associate with an individual who has ten qualities. What ten? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livel…
  3. AN 10.233–236 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (3rd) 0.56near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.233–236 22. Similarity Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (3rd) “A fool is known by ten qualities … astute person … twenty … thirty … forty …”…
  4. AN 10.225–228 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (1st) 0.55near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.225–228 22. Similarity Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (1st) “Someone with ten qualities keeps themselves broken and damaged … keeps themselves intact and unscathed … twenty … thirty…