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AN 4.202PTS AN 2.218Assaddha1 min read

Faithless

Assaddhasutta

A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a better person encourages others to develop these.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.202Numbered Discourses 4.202
  • 0.221. Sappurisavagga21. A True Person

0.3AssaddhasuttaFaithless

1.1PTS 2.218“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,1.2sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….a true person and an even truer person.

2.1“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?And what is an untrue person?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti.It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.This is called an untrue person.

3.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?And what is an even more untrue person?3.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca assaddho hoti, parañca assaddhiye samādapeti;It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless. And they encourage others in these same qualities.3.3attanā ca ahiriko hoti, parañca ahirikatāya samādapeti;3.4attanā ca anottappī hoti, parañca anottappe samādapeti;3.5attanā ca appassuto hoti, parañca appassute samādapeti;3.6attanā ca kusīto hoti, parañca kosajje samādapeti;3.7attanā ca muṭṭhassati hoti, parañca muṭṭhassacce samādapeti;3.8attanā ca duppañño hoti, parañca duppaññatāya samādapeti.3.9Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.This is called an even more untrue person.

4.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?And what is a true person?4.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco saddho hoti, hirimā hoti, ottappī hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, satimā hoti, paññavā hoti.It’s someone who is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic, mindful, and wise.4.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.This is called a true person.

5.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?And what is an even truer person?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca saddhāsampanno hoti, parañca saddhāsampadāya samādapeti;It’s someone who is personally accomplished in faith, conscience, prudence, learning, energy, mindfulness, and wisdom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.5.3attanā ca hirimā hoti, parañca hirimatāya samādapeti;5.4attanā ca ottappī hoti, parañca ottappe samādapeti;5.5attanā ca bahussuto hoti, parañca bāhusacce samādapeti;5.6attanā ca āraddhavīriyo hoti, parañca vīriyārambhe samādapeti;5.7attanā ca upaṭṭhitassati hoti, parañca satiupaṭṭhāne samādapeti;5.8attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, parañca paññāsampadāya samādapeti.5.9Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.This is called an even truer person.”

5.10Dutiyaṁ.