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Numbered Discourses 3.8 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.8

1. Fools – 1. Bālavagga

AN 3.8 Hurtful – Sabyābajjhasutta

 

1.1

“A fool is known by three things.

“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.

1.2

What three?

Katamehi tīhi?

1.3

Hurtful deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. … An astute person is known by kind deeds by way of body, speech, and mind.

Sabyābajjhena kāyakammena, sabyābajjhena vacīkammena, sabyābajjhena manokammena …pe… abyābajjhena kāyakammena, abyābajjhena vacīkammena, abyābajjhena manokammena.

1.4

These are the three things by which an astute person is known.

Imehi, kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.

2.1

So you should train like this:

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

2.2

‘We will reject the three qualities by which a fool is known, and we will undertake and follow the three qualities by which an astute person is known.’

‘yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo te tayo dhamme abhinivajjetvā, yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo te tayo dhamme samādāya vattissāmā’ti.

2.3

That’s how you should train.”

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

2.4

 

Aṭṭhamaṁ.