• Numbered Discourses 5.158 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.158
  • 16. The True Teaching 16. Saddhammavagga

Timidity Sārajjasutta

ā€œMendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is overcome by timidity. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? It’s when a mendicant is faithless, unethical, with little learning, lazy, and witless. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu assaddho hoti, dussÄ«lo hoti, appassuto hoti, kusÄ«to hoti, duppaƱƱo hoti. A mendicant with these five qualities is overcome by timidity. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sārajjaṁ okkanto hoti.

A mendicant with five qualities is self-assured. PaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hoti. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, energetic, and wise. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, sÄ«lavā hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavÄ«riyo hoti, paƱƱavā hoti. A mendicant with these five qualities is self-assured.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu visārado hotÄ«ā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.