AN 5.151 Inevitability Regarding the Right Path (1st) – Paṭhamasammattaniyāmasutta

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AN 5.151 Inevitability Regarding the Right Path (1st) – Paṭhamasammattaniyāmasutta

Numbered Discourses 5.151 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.151

16. The True Teaching – 16. Saddhammavagga

AN 5.151 Inevitability Regarding the Right Path (1st) – Paṭhamasammattaniyāmasutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, someone with five qualities is unable to enter the sure path with regards to skillful qualities even when listening to the true teaching.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.

1.2

What five?

Katamehi pañcahi?

1.3

They disparage the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with distracted and scattered mind. They attend improperly.

Kathaṁ paribhoti, kathikaṁ paribhoti, attānaṁ paribhoti, vikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, anekaggacitto ayoniso ca manasi karoti.

1.4

Someone with these five qualities is unable to enter the sure path with regards to skillful qualities, even when listening to the true teaching.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.

2.1

Someone with five qualities is able to enter the sure path with regards to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching.

Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ.

2.2

What five?

Katamehi pañcahi?

2.3

They don’t disparage the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with undistracted and unified mind. They attend properly.

Na kathaṁ paribhoti, na kathikaṁ paribhoti, na attānaṁ paribhoti, avikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, ekaggacitto yoniso ca manasi karoti.

2.4

Someone with these five qualities is able to enter the sure path with regards to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching.”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattan”ti.

2.5

Paṭhamaṁ.