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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.146

  • Numbered Discourses 5.146Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.146
  • 15. At Tikaṇḍakī15. Tikaṇḍakīvagga

A FriendMittasutta

“Mendicants, you shouldn’t associate with a mendicant friend who has five qualities.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto na sevitabbo. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They start up work projects. They take up disciplinary issues. They conflict with leading mendicants. They like long and aimless wandering. They’re unable to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire you from time to time with a Dhamma talk.Kammantaṁ kāreti, adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyati, pāmokkhesu bhikkhūsu paṭiviruddho hoti, dīghacārikaṁ anavatthacārikaṁ anuyutto viharati, nappaṭibalo hoti kālena kālaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetuṁ samādapetuṁ samuttejetuṁ sampahaṁsetuṁ. Mendicants, you shouldn’t associate with a mendicant friend who possesses these five qualities.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto na sevitabbo.

You should associate with a mendicant friend who has five qualities.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They don’t start up work projects. They don’t take up disciplinary issues. They don’t conflict with leading mendicants. They don’t like long and aimless wandering. They’re able to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire you from time to time with a Dhamma talk.Na kammantaṁ kāreti, na adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyati, na pāmokkhesu bhikkhūsu paṭiviruddho hoti, na dīghacārikaṁ anavatthacārikaṁ anuyutto viharati, paṭibalo hoti kālena kālaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetuṁ samādapetuṁ samuttejetuṁ sampahaṁsetuṁ. You should associate with a mendicant friend who possesses these five qualities.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 7.37 A Friend (2nd) 0.59near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.37 4. Deities A Friend (2nd) “Mendicants, when a friend has seven qualities you should associate with, accompany, and attend them, even if they drive you away. What seven? They’re liked, agreeable,…
  2. AN 8.78 Good Enough 0.53near 0.1A mendicant with these five qualities is good enough for themselves and others. A mendicant with four qualities is good enough for themselves but not for others. What four? A mendicant is quick-witted when it comes to sk…
  3. AN 10.18 A Protector (2nd) 0.52near 0.1Knowing this, the mendicants—whether senior, middle, or junior—think that mendicant is worth advising and instructing. Being treated with such kindness by the senior, middle, and junior mendicants, that mendicant can exp…
  4. AN 5.111 Visiting Families 0.51near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.111 12. At Andhakavinda Visiting Families “Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities who visits families is disliked and disagreeable, not respected or admired. What five? They act as though they’…
  5. AN 9.3 With Meghiya 0.51near 0.1What five? Firstly, a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates. This is the first thing … Furthermore, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for a…