5: The Book of the Fives
152. The Fixed Course of Rightness (2)
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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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 is unwise and unintelligent, stupid. One presumes to understand what one has not understood.
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 is wise and intelligent, not stupid. One does not presume to understand what one has not understood.
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 suṇannopi saddhammaṃ abhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:
2 kathaṃ paribhoti. kathikaṃ paribhoti. attānaṃ paribhoti. duppañño hoti jaḷo eḷamugo. anaññāte aññātamānī hoti.
3 imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṃ abhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ.
4 pañcahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇanno saddhammaṃ bhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:
5 na kathaṃ paribhoti. na kathikaṃ paribhoti. na attānaṃ paribhoti. paññavā hoti ajaḷo aneḷamūgo na anaññāte aññātamāni hoti.
6 imehi kho bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṃ bhabbo niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattanti.