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AN 5.17PTS AN 3.12Hita 11 min read

One’s Own Welfare

Paṭhamahitasutta

By practicing but not teaching, one practices for one’s own good.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.17Numbered Discourses 5.17
  • 0.22. Balavagga2. Powers

0.3PaṭhamahitasuttaOne’s Own Welfare

1.1PTS 3.13“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya.“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā sīlasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sīlasampadāya samādapeti;It’s when a mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom. But they don’t encourage others in these qualities.1.4attanā samādhisampanno hoti, no paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti;1.5attanā paññāsampanno hoti, no paraṁ paññāsampadāya samādapeti;1.6attanā vimuttisampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti;1.7attanā vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāyā”ti.A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing for their own welfare, but not that of others.”

1.9Sattamaṁ.