FaithlessAssaddhasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca; a true person and an even truer person.sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….

And what is an untrue person?“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso? It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti. This is called an untrue person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is an even more untrue person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro? It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless. And they encourage others in these same qualities.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca assaddho hoti, parañca assaddhiye samādapeti; This is called an even more untrue person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

And what is a true person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? It’s someone who is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic, mindful, and wise.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco saddho hoti, hirimā hoti, ottappī hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, satimā hoti, paññavā hoti. This is called a true person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is an even truer person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro? It’s someone who is personally accomplished in faith, conscience, prudence, learning, energy, mindfulness, and wisdom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca saddhāsampanno hoti, parañca saddhāsampadāya samādapeti; This is called an even truer person.”Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.