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Bad Qualities

Asaddhammasutta

Seven bad qualities starting with faithlessness.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.93Numbered Discourses 7.93
  • 0.29. Samaṇavagga9. An Ascetic

0.3AsaddhammasuttaBad Qualities

1.1“Sattime, bhikkhave, asaddhammā.“Mendicants, there are these seven bad qualities.1.2Katame satta?What seven?1.3Assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti.Someone is faithless, shameless, imprudent, unlearned, lazy, unmindful, and witless.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta asaddhammā”ti.These are the seven bad qualities.”

1.5Navamaṁ.