• Numbered Discourses 5.19 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.19
  • 2. Powers 2. Balavagga

The Welfare of Neither Tatiyahitasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no parahitāya. 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. Nor do they encourage others in these qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā na sÄ«lasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sÄ«lasampadāya samādapeti; attanā na samādhisampanno hoti, no paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na paƱƱāsampanno hoti, no paraṁ paƱƱāsampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttisampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti. A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paį¹­ipanno hoti, no parahitāyÄā€ti.

Navamaṁ.