Buddham Dhammam

Vītarāgasutta

AN 5.82

Free of Greed

Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.

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Kuhakasutta

AN 5.83

Deceiver

Senior mendicants who are manipulative and opportunistic are disliked.

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Assaddhasutta

AN 5.84

Faithless

Qualities making a senior mendicant liked or disliked.

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Akkhamasutta

AN 5.85

Cannot Endure

A senior mendicant with no endurance is disliked.

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Paṭisambhidāpattasutta

AN 5.86

Attaining the Methods of Textual Analysis

A senior mendicant is liked if they can analyze and explain the Dharma well, and if they are helpful in the monastery.

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Sīlavantasutta

AN 5.87

Ethical

A senior mendicant with morality, learning, who is a good speaker and successful meditator is liked.

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Therasutta

AN 5.88

Senior Mendicants

Even if a senior mendicant has many good qualities, they can still lead people astray if they have wrong view.

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Paṭhamasekhasutta

AN 5.89

A Trainee (1st)

Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.

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Dutiyasekhasutta

AN 5.90

A Trainee (2nd)

Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In detail.

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