• Numbered Discourses 5.19 Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.19

2. Powers 2. Balavagga

The Welfare of Neither Tatiyahitasutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others. “Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya. What five? Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant is not personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, or the knowledge and vision of freedom. Nor do they encourage others in these qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā na sīlasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sīlasampadāya samādapeti; attanā na samādhisampanno hoti, no paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na paññāsampanno hoti, no paraṁ paññāsampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttisampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti; attanā na vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti. A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others.” Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāyā”ti.