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Numbered Discourses 5.163 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.163
17. Resentment – 17. Āghātavagga
AN 5.163 Discussions – Sākacchasutta
1.1
There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the bhikkhū:
Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:
1.2
“Reverends, bhikkhū!”
“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.
1.3
“Reverend,” they replied.
“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.
1.4
Sāriputta said this:
Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:
2.1
“A bhikkhu with five qualities is fit to hold a discussion with their spiritual companions.
“Pañcahāvuso, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ sākaccho sabrahmacārīnaṁ.
2.2
What five?
Katamehi pañcahi?
2.3
A bhikkhu is personally accomplished in ethics, and answers questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in ethics.
Idhāvuso, bhikkhu attanā ca sīlasampanno hoti, sīlasampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;
2.4
They’re personally accomplished in samādhi, …
attanā ca samādhisampanno hoti, samādhisampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;
2.5
They’re personally accomplished in wisdom, …
attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, paññāsampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;
2.6
They’re personally accomplished in freedom, …
attanā ca vimuttisampanno hoti, vimuttisampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;
2.7
They’re personally accomplished in the knowledge and vision of freedom, and they answer questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in the knowledge and vision of freedom.
attanā ca vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti.
2.8
A bhikkhu with these five qualities is fit to hold a discussion with their spiritual companions.”
Imehi kho, āvuso, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ sākaccho sabrahmacārīnan”ti.
2.9
Tatiyaṁ.