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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.83

  • Numbered Discourses 6.83Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.83
  • 8. Perfection8. Arahattavagga

The Best ThingAggadhammasutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant with six qualities can’t realize the best thing, perfection.“Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo aggaṁ dhammaṁ arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. What six?Katamehi chahi? It’s when a mendicant is faithless, shameless, imprudent, lazy, and witless. And they’re concerned with their body and their life.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, kusīto hoti, duppañño hoti, kāye ca jīvite ca sāpekkho hoti. A mendicant with these six qualities can’t realize the best thing, perfection.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo aggaṁ dhammaṁ arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

A mendicant with six qualities can realize the best thing, perfection.Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo aggaṁ dhammaṁ arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. What six?Katamehi chahi? It’s when a mendicant is faithful, conscientious, prudent, energetic, and wise. And they have no concern for their body and their life.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, hirīmā hoti, ottappī hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, paññavā hoti, kāye ca jīvite ca anapekkho hoti. A mendicant with these six qualities can realize the best thing, perfection.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo aggaṁ dhammaṁ arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.

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