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Numbered Discourses 10.78 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.78

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AN 10.78 Jains – Nigaṇṭhasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, Jain ascetics have ten bad qualities.

“Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgatā nigaṇṭhā.

1.2

What ten?

Katamehi dasahi?

1.3

They’re faithless and

Assaddhā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.4

unethical,

dussīlā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.5

without conscience

ahirikā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.6

or prudence,

anottappino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.7

and devoted to bad persons.

asappurisasambhattino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.8

They glorify themselves and put others down.

attukkaṁsakaparavambhakā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.9

They’re attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go.

sandiṭṭhiparāmāsā ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.10

They’re deceptive,

kuhakā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.11

with bad desires

pāpicchā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā;

1.12

and bad friends.

pāpamittā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā—

1.13

Jain ascetics have these ten bad qualities.”

imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgatā nigaṇṭhā”ti.

1.14

 

Aṭṭhamaṁ.