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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.102

  • Numbered Discourses 5.102Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.102
  • 11. Living Comfortably11. Phāsuvihāravagga

SuspectedUssaṅkitasutta

“Mendicants, even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for five reasons.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaṅkitaparisaṅkito hoti pāpabhikkhūti api akuppadhammopi.

What five?Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a monk resorts to prostitutes, widows, voluptuous girls, eunuchs, or nuns for alms.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vesiyāgocaro vā hoti, vidhavāgocaro vā hoti, thullakumārikāgocaro vā hoti, paṇḍakagocaro vā hoti, bhikkhunīgocaro vā hoti.

Even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for these five reasons.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaṅkitaparisaṅkito hoti pāpabhikkhūti api akuppadhammopī”ti.

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