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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.8

  • Numbered Discourses 5.8Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.8
  • 1. Powers of a Trainee1. Sekhabalavagga

FailureCavanasutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? A mendicant who is faithless …Assaddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. shameless …Ahiriko, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. imprudent …Anottappī, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. lazy …Kusīto, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. witless fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.Duppañño, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme. A mendicant with these five qualities fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cavati, nappatiṭṭhāti saddhamme.

A mendicant with five qualities doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? A mendicant who is faithful …Saddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. conscientious …Hirīmā, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. prudent …Ottappī, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. energetic …Āraddhavīriyo, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. wise doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.Paññavā, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme. A mendicant with these five qualities doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu na cavati, patiṭṭhāti saddhamme”ti.

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