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A Crow

Kākasutta

A bad monk has ten bad qualities, like a crow.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.77Numbered Discourses 10.77
  • 0.28. Ākaṅkhavagga8. If You Want

0.3KākasuttaA Crow

1.1“Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko.“Mendicants, a crow possesses ten bad qualities.1.2Katamehi dasahi?What ten?1.3Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca—They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive.1.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko.A crow possesses these ten bad qualities.1.5Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhu.In the same way, a bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.1.6Katamehi dasahi?What ten?1.7Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca—They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive.1.8imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhū”ti.A bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.”

1.9Sattamaṁ.