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A Mendicant

Bhikkhusutta

A mendicant destroys seven defilements.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.85Numbered Discourses 7.85
  • 0.29. Samaṇavagga9. An Ascetic

0.3BhikkhusuttaA Mendicant

1.1“Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hoti.“Mendicants, it’s because of breaking seven things that you become a mendicant.1.2Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?What seven?1.3Sakkāyadiṭṭhi bhinnā hoti, vicikicchā bhinnā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso bhinno hoti, rāgo bhinno hoti, doso bhinno hoti, moho bhinno hoti, māno bhinno hoti.Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hotī”ti.It’s because of breaking these seven things that you become a mendicant.”

1.5Paṭhamaṁ.