• Numbered Discourses 5.17 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.17
  • 2. Powers 2. Balavagga

One’s Own Welfare Paį¹­hamahitasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no parahitāya. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? It’s when a mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom. But they don’t encourage others in these qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā sÄ«lasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sÄ«lasampadāya samādapeti; attanā samādhisampanno hoti, no paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti; attanā paƱƱāsampanno hoti, no paraṁ paƱƱāsampadāya samādapeti; attanā vimuttisampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti; attanā vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti. A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi aį¹…gehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no parahitāyÄā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.