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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.77

  • Numbered Discourses 10.77Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.77
  • 8. If You Want8. Ākaṅkhavagga

A CrowKākasutta

“Mendicants, a crow possesses ten bad qualities.“Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive.Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca— A crow possesses these ten bad qualities.imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. In the same way, a bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhu. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive.Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca— A bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.”imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhū”ti.

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