- Numbered Discourses 5.17Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.17
- 2. Powers2. Balavagga
One’s Own WelfarePaṭhamahitasutta
“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom. But they don’t encourage others in these qualities.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā sīlasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sīlasampadāya samādapeti; A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāyā”ti.