• Numbered Discourses 5.18 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.18
  • 2. Powers 2. Balavagga

Welfare of Others (2nd) Dutiyahitasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for the welfare of others, but not their own. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu parahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no attahitāya. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? It’s when a mendicant is not personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, or the knowledge and vision of freedom. But they encourage others in these qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā na sÄ«lasampanno hoti, paraṁ sÄ«lasampadāya samādapeti; attanā na samādhisampanno hoti, paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na paƱƱāsampanno hoti, paraṁ paƱƱāsampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttisampanno hoti, paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti. A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing for the welfare of others, but not their own.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu parahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no attahitāyÄā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.