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Suspected

Ussaṅkitasutta

Five reasons why even a good mendicant might be suspected of bad behavior.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.102Numbered Discourses 5.102
  • 0.211. Phāsuvihāravagga11. Living Comfortably

0.3UssaṅkitasuttaSuspected

1.1PTS 3.128“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaṅkitaparisaṅkito hoti pāpabhikkhūti api akuppadhammopi.“Mendicants, even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for five reasons.

2.1Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vesiyāgocaro vā hoti, vidhavāgocaro vā hoti, thullakumārikāgocaro vā hoti, paṇḍakagocaro vā hoti, bhikkhunīgocaro vā hoti.It’s when a monk resorts to prostitutes, widows, voluptuous girls, eunuchs, or nuns for alms.

3.1Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaṅkitaparisaṅkito hoti pāpabhikkhūti api akuppadhammopī”ti.Even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for these five reasons.”

3.2Dutiyaṁ.