5. Rohitassavagga

5. With Rohitassa

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.44

Numbered Discourses 4.44

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5. Rohitassavagga

5. With Rohitassa

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Dutiyakodhagarusutta

Valuing Anger (2nd)

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“Cattārome, bhikkhave, asaddhammā.

“Mendicants, these four things oppose the true teaching.

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Katame cattāro?

What four?

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Kodhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, makkhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, lābhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, sakkāragarutā na saddhammagarutā.

Valuing anger, denigration, material things, and honor rather than the true teaching.

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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro asaddhammā.

These are the four things that oppose the true teaching.

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Cattārome, bhikkhave, saddhammā.

These four things are the true teaching.

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Katame cattāro?

What four?

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Saddhammagarutā na kodhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na makkhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na lābhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na sakkāragarutā.

Valuing the true teaching rather than anger, denigration, material things, and honor.

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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro saddhammāti.

These are the four things that are the true teaching.

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Kodhamakkhagaru bhikkhu,

A mendicant who values anger and denigration,

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lābhasakkāragāravo;

possessions and honor,

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Sukhette pūtibījaṁva,

doesn’t grow in the true teaching,

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saddhamme na virūhati.

like a rotten seed in a good field.

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Ye ca saddhammagaruno,

But those who value the true teaching,

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vihaṁsu viharanti ca;

who have lived it, and are living it now,

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Te ve dhamme virūhanti,

these do grow in the teaching,

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snehānvayamivosadhā”ti.

like well-watered herbs.”

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Catutthaṁ.