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AN 5.18PTS AN 3.13Hita 21 min read

Welfare of Others (2nd)

Dutiyahitasutta

By teaching but not practicing, one practices for the good of others.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.18Numbered Discourses 5.18
  • 0.22. Balavagga2. Powers

0.3DutiyahitasuttaWelfare of Others (2nd)

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

1.9Aṭṭhamaṁ.