Assaddhasutta
A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a better person encourages others to develop these.
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.202
Numbered Discourses 4.202
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21. Sappurisavagga
21. A True Person
Assaddhasutta
Faithless
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“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;
“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,
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sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….
a true person and an even truer person.
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“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?
And what is an untrue person?
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Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti.
It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless.
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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.
This is called an untrue person.
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Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?
And what is an even more untrue person?
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Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca assaddho hoti, parañca assaddhiye samādapeti;
It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless. And they encourage others in these same qualities.
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attanā ca ahiriko hoti, parañca ahirikatāya samādapeti;
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attanā ca anottappī hoti, parañca anottappe samādapeti;
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attanā ca appassuto hoti, parañca appassute samādapeti;
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attanā ca kusīto hoti, parañca kosajje samādapeti;
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attanā ca muṭṭhassati hoti, parañca muṭṭhassacce samādapeti;
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attanā ca duppañño hoti, parañca duppaññatāya samādapeti.
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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.
This is called an even more untrue person.
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Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?
And what is a true person?
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Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco saddho hoti, hirimā hoti, ottappī hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, satimā hoti, paññavā hoti.
It’s someone who is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic, mindful, and wise.
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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.
This is called a true person.
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Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?
And what is an even truer person?
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Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca saddhāsampanno hoti, parañca saddhāsampadāya samādapeti;
It’s someone who is personally accomplished in faith, conscience, prudence, learning, energy, mindfulness, and wisdom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.
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attanā ca hirimā hoti, parañca hirimatāya samādapeti;
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attanā ca ottappī hoti, parañca ottappe samādapeti;
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attanā ca bahussuto hoti, parañca bāhusacce samādapeti;
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attanā ca āraddhavīriyo hoti, parañca vīriyārambhe samādapeti;
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attanā ca upaṭṭhitassati hoti, parañca satiupaṭṭhāne samādapeti;
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attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, parañca paññāsampadāya samādapeti.
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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.
This is called an even truer person.”
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Dutiyaṁ.
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