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A Trainee (1st)

Paṭhamasekhasutta

Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.89Numbered Discourses 5.89
  • 0.29. Theravagga9. Senior Mendicants

0.3PaṭhamasekhasuttaA Trainee (1st)

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati—They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.

2.1Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati—They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.2.4ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”

2.5Navamaṁ.