{"id":"an3.5","title":"Irrational","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.5","title":"Irrational","units":[{"id":"an3.5:0","sourceIds":["an3.5:0.1","an3.5:0.2","an3.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.5\n1. Bālavagga\nAyonisosutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.5\n1. Fools\nIrrational"}},{"id":"an3.5:1","sourceIds":["an3.5:1.1","an3.5:1.2","an3.5:1.3","an3.5:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nAyoniso pañhaṁ kattā hoti, ayoniso pañhaṁ vissajjetā hoti, parassa kho pana yoniso pañhaṁ vissajjitaṁ parimaṇḍalehi padabyañjanehi siliṭṭhehi upagatehi nābbhanumoditā hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.","en":"“A fool is known by three things.\nWhat three?\nThey ask a question irrationally. They answer a question irrationally. And when someone else answers a question rationally—with well-rounded, coherent, and relevant words and phrases—they disagree with it.\nThese are the three things by which a fool is known."}},{"id":"an3.5:2","sourceIds":["an3.5:2.1","an3.5:2.2","an3.5:2.3","an3.5:2.4","an3.5:2.5","an3.5:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nYoniso pañhaṁ kattā hoti, yoniso pañhaṁ vissajjetā hoti, parassa kho pana yoniso pañhaṁ vissajjitaṁ parimaṇḍalehi padabyañjanehi siliṭṭhehi upagatehi abbhanumoditā hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.\nTasmātiha …pe….\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"An astute person is known by three things.\nWhat three?\nThey ask a question rationally. They answer a question rationally. And when someone else answers a question rationally—with well-rounded, coherent, and relevant words and phrases—they agree with it.\nThese are the three things by which an astute person is known.\nSo you should train …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.5/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."}