{"id":"an3.26","title":"Associates","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.26","title":"Associates","units":[{"id":"an3.26:0","sourceIds":["an3.26:0.1","an3.26:0.2","an3.26:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.26\n3. Puggalavagga\nSevitabbasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.26\n3. Individuals\nAssociates"}},{"id":"an3.26:1","sourceIds":["an3.26:1.1","an3.26:1.2","an3.26:1.3","an3.26:1.4","an3.26:1.5","an3.26:1.6","an3.26:1.7","an3.26:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo sakkatvā garuṁ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo hīno hoti sīlena samādhinā paññāya.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo aññatra anuddayā aññatra anukampā.","en":"“These three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nThere is an individual you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend.\nThere is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend.\nThere is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend with honor and respect.\nWho is the individual you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend?\nIt’s an individual who is inferior in terms of ethics, immersion, and wisdom.\nYou shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend such an individual, except out of kindness and sympathy."}},{"id":"an3.26:2","sourceIds":["an3.26:2.1","an3.26:2.2","an3.26:2.3","an3.26:2.4","an3.26:2.5","an3.26:2.6","an3.26:2.7","an3.26:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sadiso hoti sīlena samādhinā paññāya.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSīlasāmaññagatānaṁ sataṁ sīlakathā ca no bhavissati, sā ca no pavattinī bhavissati, sā ca no phāsu bhavissati.\nSamādhisāmaññagatānaṁ sataṁ samādhikathā ca no bhavissati, sā ca no pavattinī bhavissati, sā ca no phāsu bhavissati.\nPaññāsāmaññagatānaṁ sataṁ paññākathā ca no bhavissati, sā ca no pavattinī bhavissati, sā ca no phāsu bhavissatīti.\nTasmā evarūpo puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.","en":"Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend?\nIt’s an individual who is similar in terms of ethics, immersion, and wisdom.\nYou should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.\nWhy is that?\nThinking, ‘Since our ethical conduct is similar, we can discuss ethics, the conversation will flow, and we’ll both be at ease.\nSince our immersion is similar, we can discuss immersion, the conversation will flow, and we’ll both be at ease.\nSince our wisdom is similar, we can discuss wisdom, the conversation will flow, and we’ll both be at ease.’\nThat’s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual."}},{"id":"an3.26:3","sourceIds":["an3.26:3.1","an3.26:3.2","an3.26:3.3","an3.26:3.4","an3.26:3.5","an3.26:3.6","an3.26:3.7","an3.26:3.8","an3.26:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo sakkatvā garuṁ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo adhiko hoti sīlena samādhinā paññāya.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo sakkatvā garuṁ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nIti aparipūraṁ vā sīlakkhandhaṁ paripūressāmi, paripūraṁ vā sīlakkhandhaṁ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmi;\naparipūraṁ vā samādhikkhandhaṁ paripūressāmi, paripūraṁ vā samādhikkhandhaṁ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmi;\naparipūraṁ vā paññākkhandhaṁ paripūressāmi, paripūraṁ vā paññākkhandhaṁ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmīti.\nTasmā evarūpo puggalo sakkatvā garuṁ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.","en":"Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend with honor and respect?\nIt’s an individual who is superior in terms of ethics, immersion, and wisdom.\nYou should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual with honor and respect.\nWhy is that?\nThinking, ‘I’ll fulfill the entire spectrum of ethical conduct I haven’t yet fulfilled, or support with wisdom in every situation the ethical conduct I’ve already fulfilled.\nI’ll fulfill the entire spectrum of immersion I haven’t yet fulfilled, or support with wisdom in every situation the immersion I’ve already fulfilled.\nI’ll fulfill the entire spectrum of wisdom I haven’t yet fulfilled, or support with wisdom in every situation the wisdom I’ve already fulfilled.’\nThat’s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend this individual with honor and respect.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world."}},{"id":"an3.26:4","sourceIds":["an3.26:4.1","an3.26:4.2","an3.26:4.3","an3.26:4.4","an3.26:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nihīyati puriso nihīnasevī,\nNa ca hāyetha kadāci tulyasevī;\nSeṭṭhamupanamaṁ udeti khippaṁ,\nTasmā attano uttariṁ bhajethā”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"A man who associates with an inferior goes downhill,\nbut associating with an equal, you’ll never decline;\nfollowing the best, you’ll quickly rise up,\nso you should keep company with people better than you.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.26/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."}