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AN 7.85

Bhikkhu sutta: A Mendicant

Bhikkhusutta

Samaṇavagga

A mendicant destroys seven defilements.

Translations

“Mendicants, it’s because of breaking seven things that you become a mendicant. What seven? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit. It’s because of breaking these seven things that you become a mendicant.”

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