{"id":"an8.16","title":"Going on a Mission","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.16","title":"Going on a Mission","units":[{"id":"an8.16:0","sourceIds":["an8.16:0.1","an8.16:0.2","an8.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.16\n2. Mahāvagga\nDūteyyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.16\n2. The Great Chapter\nGoing on a Mission"}},{"id":"an8.16:1","sourceIds":["an8.16:1.1","an8.16:1.2","an8.16:1.3","an8.16:1.4","an8.16:1.5","an8.16:1.6","an8.16:1.7","an8.16:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sotā ca hoti, sāvetā ca, uggahetā ca, dhāretā ca, viññātā ca, viññāpetā ca, kusalo ca sahitāsahitassa, no ca kalahakārako—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.\nAṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, sāriputto sotā ca hoti, sāvetā ca, uggahetā ca, dhāretā ca, viññātā ca, viññāpetā ca, kusalo ca sahitāsahitassa, no ca kalahakārako.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto dūteyyaṁ gantumarahatīti.","en":"“Mendicants, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission.\nWhat eight?\nIt’s a mendicant who learns and educates others. They memorize and remember. They understand and help others understand. They’re skilled at knowing what’s on topic and what isn’t. And they don’t cause quarrels.\nA mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission.\nHaving eight qualities Sāriputta is worthy of going on a mission.\nWhat eight?\nHe learns and educates others. He memorizes and remembers. He understands and helps others understand. He’s skilled at knowing what’s on topic and what isn’t. And he doesn’t cause quarrels.\nHaving these eight qualities Sāriputta is worthy of going on a mission."}},{"id":"an8.16:2","sourceIds":["an8.16:2.1","an8.16:2.2","an8.16:2.3","an8.16:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ve na byathati patvā,\nparisaṁ uggavādiniṁ;\nNa ca hāpeti vacanaṁ,\nna ca chādeti sāsanaṁ.","en":"They don’t tremble when arriving\nat an assembly of fierce debaters.\nThey don’t miss out any words,\nor conceal the instructions."}},{"id":"an8.16:3","sourceIds":["an8.16:3.1","an8.16:3.2","an8.16:3.3","an8.16:3.4","an8.16:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asandiddhañca bhaṇati,\nPucchito na ca kuppati;\nSa ve tādisako bhikkhu,\nDūteyyaṁ gantumarahatī”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Their words aren’t poisoned,\nand they don’t tremble when questioned.\nSuch a mendicant\nis worthy of going on a mission.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.16/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."}