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Pleasing (1st)

Paṭhamapiyasutta

Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.1Numbered Discourses 7.1
  • 0.21. Dhanavagga1. Wealth

0.3PaṭhamapiyasuttaPleasing (1st)

1.1PTS 4.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.3Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,1.4“bhikkhavo”ti.“Mendicants!”

1.5“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“Venerable sir,” they replied.1.6Bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said this:

2.1“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti amanāpo ca agaru ca abhāvanīyo ca.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities is disliked and disapproved by their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.2.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu lābhakāmo ca hoti, sakkārakāmo ca hoti, anavaññattikāmo ca hoti, ahiriko ca hoti, anottappī ca, pāpiccho ca, micchādiṭṭhi ca.It’s when a mendicant desires material things, honor, and status. They lack conscience and prudence. They have corrupt wishes and wrong view.2.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti amanāpo ca agaru ca abhāvanīyo ca.A mendicant with these seven qualities is disliked and disapproved by their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.

3.1PTS 4.2Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti, manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo ca.A mendicant with seven qualities is liked and approved by their spiritual companions, respected and admired.3.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?3.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na lābhakāmo ca hoti, na sakkārakāmo ca hoti, na anavaññattikāmo ca hoti, hirīmā ca hoti, ottappī ca, appiccho ca, sammādiṭṭhi ca.It’s when a mendicant doesn’t desire material things, honor, and status. They have conscience and prudence. They have few desires and right view.3.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo cā”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities is liked and approved by their spiritual companions, respected and admired.”

3.5Paṭhamaṁ.