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Deserving Criticism (3rd)

Tatiyaavaṇṇārahasutta

Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.238Numbered Discourses 5.238
  • 0.224. Āvāsikavagga24. A Resident Mendicant

0.3TatiyaavaṇṇārahasuttaDeserving Criticism (3rd)

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Ananuvicca apariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati;Without examining or scrutinizing, they praise those deserving of criticism,1.4ananuvicca apariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati;and they criticize those deserving of praise.1.5āvāsamaccharī hoti;They’re stingy regarding monasteries,1.6kulamaccharī hoti;families,1.7lābhamaccharī hoti.and material things.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1PTS 3.266Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.A resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Anuvicca pariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati;After examining and scrutinizing, they criticize those deserving of criticism,2.4anuvicca pariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati;and they praise those deserving of praise.2.5na āvāsamaccharī hoti;They’re not stingy regarding monasteries,2.6na kulamaccharī hoti;families,2.7na lābhamaccharī hoti.and material things.2.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.9Aṭṭhamaṁ.