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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.18

  • Numbered Discourses 4.18Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.18
  • 2. Walking2. Caravagga

Prejudice (2nd)Dutiyaagatisutta

“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, nāgatigamanāni. What four?Katamāni cattāri? Making decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.Na chandāgatiṁ gacchati, na dosāgatiṁ gacchati, na mohāgatiṁ gacchati, na bhayāgatiṁ gacchati— These are the four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri nāgatigamanānīti.

If you don’t act against the teachingChandā dosā bhayā mohā, out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, and stupidity,yo dhammaṁ nātivattati; your fame swells,Āpūrati tassa yaso, like the moon in the waxing fortnight.”sukkapakkheva candimā”ti.

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  1. AN 4.19 Prejudice (3rd) 0.93near 0.1Numbered Discourses 4.19 2. Walking Prejudice (3rd) “Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions. What four? Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. These…
  2. AN 4.17 Prejudice (1st) 0.81near 0.1Numbered Discourses 4.17 2. Walking Prejudice (1st) “Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions. What four? Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. These…