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The Sure Path (1st)

Paṭhamasammattaniyāmasutta

Qualities that prevent one who is listening to the teaching from understanding.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.151Numbered Discourses 5.151
  • 0.216. Saddhammavagga16. The True Teaching

0.3PaṭhamasammattaniyāmasuttaThe Sure Path (1st)

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.“Mendicants, someone with five qualities is unable to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities even when listening to the true teaching.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Kathaṁ paribhoti, kathikaṁ paribhoti, attānaṁ paribhoti, vikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, anekaggacitto ayoniso ca manasi karoti.They disparage the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with scattered and disunified mind. They apply the mind irrationally.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.Someone with these five qualities is unable to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities, even when listening to the true teaching.

2.1PTS 3.175Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.Someone with five qualities is able to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Na kathaṁ paribhoti, na kathikaṁ paribhoti, na attānaṁ paribhoti, avikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, ekaggacitto yoniso ca manasi karoti.They don’t disparage the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with unscattered and unified mind. They apply the mind rationally.2.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattan”ti.Someone with these five qualities is able to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching.”

2.5Paṭhamaṁ.