{"id":"an10.17","title":"A Protector (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an10.17","title":"A Protector (1st)","units":[{"id":"an10.17:0","sourceIds":["an10.17:0.1","an10.17:0.2","an10.17:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.17\n2. Nāthavagga\nPaṭhamanāthasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 10.17\n2. A Protector\nA Protector (1st)"}},{"id":"an10.17:1","sourceIds":["an10.17:1.1","an10.17:1.2","an10.17:1.3","an10.17:1.4","an10.17:1.5","an10.17:1.6","an10.17:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sanāthā, bhikkhave, viharatha, mā anāthā.\nDukkhaṁ, bhikkhave, anātho viharati.\nDasayime, bhikkhave, nāthakaraṇā dhammā.\nKatame dasa?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"“Mendicants, you should live with a protector, not without one.\nLiving without a protector is suffering.\nThere are ten qualities that serve as protector.\nWhat ten?\nFirstly, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.\nThis is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:2","sourceIds":["an10.17:2.1","an10.17:2.2","an10.17:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, rehearsing them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:3","sourceIds":["an10.17:3.1","an10.17:3.2","an10.17:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto hoti kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto hoti kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:4","sourceIds":["an10.17:4.1","an10.17:4.2","an10.17:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu suvaco hoti sovacassakaraṇehi dhammehi samannāgato, khamo padakkhiṇaggāhī anusāsaniṁ.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu suvaco hoti …pe… anusāsaniṁ,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is easy to admonish, having qualities that make them easy to admonish. They’re patient, and take instruction respectfully.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:5","sourceIds":["an10.17:5.1","an10.17:5.2","an10.17:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāni tāni sabrahmacārīnaṁ uccāvacāni kiṅkaraṇīyāni, tattha dakkho hoti analaso tatrūpāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgato, alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāni tāni sabrahmacārīnaṁ …pe… alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is deft and tireless in a diverse spectrum of duties for their spiritual companions, understanding how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:6","sourceIds":["an10.17:6.1","an10.17:6.2","an10.17:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammakāmo hoti piyasamudāhāro, abhidhamme abhivinaye uḷārapāmojjo.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammakāmo hoti piyasamudāhāro, abhidhamme abhivinaye uḷārapāmojjo,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant loves the teachings and is a delight to converse with, being full of joy in the teaching and training.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:7","sourceIds":["an10.17:7.1","an10.17:7.2","an10.17:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:8","sourceIds":["an10.17:8.1","an10.17:8.2","an10.17:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti itarītaracīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti itarītaracīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:9","sourceIds":["an10.17:9.1","an10.17:9.2","an10.17:9.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satimā hoti paramena satinepakkena samannāgato cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satimā hoti paramena satinepakkena samannāgato cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is mindful. They have utmost mindfulness and alertness, and can remember and recall what was said and done long ago.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:10","sourceIds":["an10.17:10.1","an10.17:10.2","an10.17:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.\nYampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā,\nayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.\nThis too is a quality that serves as protector."}},{"id":"an10.17:11","sourceIds":["an10.17:11.1","an10.17:11.2","an10.17:11.3","an10.17:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sanāthā, bhikkhave, viharatha, mā anāthā.\nDukkhaṁ, bhikkhave, anātho viharati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dasa nāthakaraṇā dhammā”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"You should live with a protector, not without one.\nLiving without a protector is suffering.\nThese are the ten qualities that serve as protector.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.17/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}