{"id":"an5.112","title":"A Second Monk","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.112","title":"A Second Monk","units":[{"id":"an5.112:0","sourceIds":["an5.112:0.1","an5.112:0.2","an5.112:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.112\n12. Andhakavindavagga\nPacchāsamaṇasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.112\n12. At Andhakavinda\nA Second Monk"}},{"id":"an5.112:1","sourceIds":["an5.112:1.1","an5.112:1.2","an5.112:1.3","an5.112:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato pacchāsamaṇo na ādātabbo.\nKatamehi pañcahi?\nAtidūre vā gacchati accāsanne vā, na pattapariyāpannaṁ gaṇhati, āpattisāmantā bhaṇamānaṁ na nivāreti, bhaṇamānassa antarantarā kathaṁ opāteti, duppañño hoti jaḷo eḷamūgo.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato pacchāsamaṇo na ādātabbo.","en":"“Mendicants, you shouldn’t take a second monk with five qualities.\nWhat five?\nThey walk too far away or too close behind. They don’t take your bowl when it’s full. They don’t warn you when your speech is bordering on an offense. They keep on interrupting while you’re speaking. And they’re witless, dull, and idiotic.\nYou shouldn’t take a second monk these five qualities."}},{"id":"an5.112:2","sourceIds":["an5.112:2.1","an5.112:2.2","an5.112:2.3","an5.112:2.4","an5.112:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato pacchāsamaṇo ādātabbo.\nKatamehi pañcahi?\nNātidūre gacchati na accāsanne, pattapariyāpannaṁ gaṇhati, āpattisāmantā bhaṇamānaṁ nivāreti, bhaṇamānassa na antarantarā kathaṁ opāteti, paññavā hoti ajaḷo aneḷamūgo.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato pacchāsamaṇo ādātabbo”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"You should take a second monk with five qualities.\nWhat five?\nThey don’t walk too far away or too close behind. They take your bowl when it is full. They warn you when your speech is bordering on an offense. They don’t interrupt while you’re speaking. And they’re wise, bright, and clever.\nYou should take a second monk with these five qualities.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.112/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."}