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AN 5.19

Tatiyahita sutta: The Welfare of Neither

Tatiyahitasutta

Balavagga

By neither teaching nor practicing, one doesn’t practice for anyone’ good.

Translations

“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others. What five? 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. A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others.”

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Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0

May all beings be happy