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AN 6.115PTS AN 3.4481 min read

Hard to Admonish

Dovacassatāsutta

Antidotes for being hard to correct, bad friendship, and distraction.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.115Numbered Discourses 6.115
  • 0.211. Tikavagga11. Triads

0.3DovacassatāsuttaHard to Admonish

1.1PTS 3.449“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā.“Mendicants, there are these three things.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Dovacassatā, pāpamittatā, cetaso vikkhepo.Being hard to admonish, bad friendship, and a scattered mind.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā.These are the three things.1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.To give up these three things you should develop three things.1.6Katame tayo?What three?1.7Dovacassatāya pahānāya sovacassatā bhāvetabbā, pāpamittatāya pahānāya kalyāṇamittatā bhāvetabbā, cetaso vikkhepassa pahānāya ānāpānassati bhāvetabbā.You should develop being easy to admonish to give up being hard to admonish, good friendship to give up bad friendship, and mindfulness of breathing to give up a scattered mind.1.8Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.These are the three things you should develop to give up those three things.”

1.9Navamaṁ.