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A Carer (2nd)

Dutiyaupaṭṭhākasutta

Five requirements that a carer or nurse should meet before looking after a patient.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.124Numbered Discourses 5.124
  • 0.213. Gilānavagga13. Sick

0.3DutiyaupaṭṭhākasuttaA Carer (2nd)

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato gilānupaṭṭhāko nālaṁ gilānaṁ upaṭṭhātuṁ.“Mendicants, a carer with five qualities is not competent to care for a patient.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Nappaṭibalo hoti bhesajjaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ;They’re unable to prepare medicine.1.4sappāyāsappāyaṁ na jānāti, asappāyaṁ upanāmeti, sappāyaṁ apanāmeti;They don’t know what is suitable and unsuitable, so they supply what is unsuitable and remove what is suitable.1.5āmisantaro gilānaṁ upaṭṭhāti, no mettacitto;They care for the sick for the sake of material benefits, not out of love.1.6jegucchī hoti uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā vantaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā nīharituṁ;They’re disgusted to remove feces, urine, vomit, or spit.1.7nappaṭibalo hoti gilānaṁ kālena kālaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetuṁ samādapetuṁ samuttejetuṁ sampahaṁsetuṁ.They’re unable to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire the patient with a Dhamma talk from time to time.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato gilānupaṭṭhāko nālaṁ gilānaṁ upaṭṭhātuṁ.A carer with these five qualities is not competent to care for a patient.

2.1PTS 3.145Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato gilānupaṭṭhāko alaṁ gilānaṁ upaṭṭhātuṁ.A carer with five qualities is competent to care for a patient.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Paṭibalo hoti bhesajjaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ;They’re able to prepare medicine.2.4sappāyāsappāyaṁ jānāti, asappāyaṁ apanāmeti, sappāyaṁ upanāmeti;They know what is suitable and unsuitable, so they remove what is unsuitable and supply what is suitable.2.5mettacitto gilānaṁ upaṭṭhāti, no āmisantaro;They care for the sick out of love, not for the sake of material benefits.2.6ajegucchī hoti uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā vantaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā nīharituṁ;They’re not disgusted to remove feces, urine, vomit, or spit.2.7paṭibalo hoti gilānaṁ kālena kālaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetuṁ samādapetuṁ samuttejetuṁ sampahaṁsetuṁ.They’re able to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire the patient with a Dhamma talk from time to time.2.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato gilānupaṭṭhāko alaṁ gilānaṁ upaṭṭhātun”ti.A carer with these five qualities is competent to care for a patient.”

2.9Catutthaṁ.