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Timidity

Sārajjasutta

Confidence or lack thereof in mendicants is due to their practice.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.158Numbered Discourses 5.158
  • 0.216. Saddhammavagga16. The True Teaching

0.3SārajjasuttaTimidity

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti.“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is overcome by timidity.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu assaddho hoti, dussīlo hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, duppañño hoti.It’s when a mendicant is faithless, unethical, with little learning, lazy, and witless.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti.A mendicant with these five qualities is overcome by timidity.

2.1PTS 3.184Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hoti.A mendicant with five qualities is self-assured.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, paññavā hoti.It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, energetic, and wise.2.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hotī”ti.A mendicant with these five qualities is self-assured.”

2.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.