0 Source: Savatthi

1 Endowed with five dhammas, O bhikkhus, one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course of rightness in wholesome dhammas even while listening to the true dhamma. Which five?

2 One belittles the talk. One belittles the speaker. One belittles one's self. One listens to the dhamma with scattered and distracted mind. One attends to it regressively.

3 Endowed with these five dhammas, O bhikkhus, one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course of rightness in wholesome dhammas even while listening to the true dhamma.

4 Endowed with five dhammas, O bhikkhus, one is capable of entering upon the fixed course of rightness in wholesome dhammas even while listening to the true dhamma. Which five?

5 One does not belittle the talk. One does not belittle the speaker. One does not belittle one's self. One listens to the dhamma with unscattered and collected mind. One attends to it progressively.

6 Endowed with these five dhammas, O bhikkhus, one is capable of entering upon the fixed course of rightness in wholesome dhammas even while listening to the true dhamma.

0 sāvatthinidānaṃ

1 pañcahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṃ abhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:

2 kathaṃ paribhoti. kathikaṃ paribhoti. attānaṃ paribhoti. vikkhittacitto dhammaṃ suṇāti anekaggacitto. ayoniso ca manasikaroti

3 imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṃ abhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ.

4 pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṃ bhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:

5 na kathaṃ paribhoti. na kathikaṃ paribhoti. na attānaṃ paribhoti. avikkhittacitto dhammaṃ suṇāti ekaggacitto. yoniso ca manasikaroti.

6 imehi kho bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṃ bhabbo niyamaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattanti.