16. Saddhammavagga

16. The True Teaching

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.158

Numbered Discourses 5.158

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16. Saddhammavagga

16. The True Teaching

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Sārajjasutta

Timidity

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“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti.

“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is overcome by timidity.

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Katamehi pañcahi?

What five?

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Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu assaddho hoti, dussīlo hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, duppañño hoti.

It’s when a mendicant is faithless, unethical, with little learning, lazy, and witless.

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Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti.

A mendicant with these five qualities is overcome by timidity.

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Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hoti.

A mendicant with five qualities is self-assured.

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Katamehi pañcahi?

What five?

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Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, paññavā hoti.

It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, energetic, and wise.

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Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hotī”ti.

A mendicant with these five qualities is self-assured.”

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Aṭṭhamaṁ.