{"id":"an8.88","title":"A Proclamation of No Confidence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.88","title":"A Proclamation of No Confidence","units":[{"id":"an8.88:0","sourceIds":["an8.88:0.1","an8.88:0.2","an8.88:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.88\n9. Sativagga\nAppasādapavedanīyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.88\n9. Mindfulness\nA Proclamation of No Confidence"}},{"id":"an8.88:1","sourceIds":["an8.88:1.1","an8.88:1.2","an8.88:1.3","an8.88:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatassa bhikkhuno ākaṅkhamānā upāsakā appasādaṁ pavedeyyuṁ.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nGihīnaṁ alābhāya parisakkati, gihīnaṁ anatthāya parisakkati, gihī akkosati paribhāsati, gihī gihīhi bhedeti, buddhassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, saṅghassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, agocare ca naṁ passanti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgatassa bhikkhuno ākaṅkhamānā upāsakā appasādaṁ pavedeyyuṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, the lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of no confidence in a mendicant who has eight qualities.\nWhat eight?\nThey try to prevent laypeople from getting material things. They try to harm laypeople. They insult and abuse laypeople. They divide lay people against each other. They criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha. They’re seen at an inappropriate place for collecting alms.\nThe lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of no confidence in a mendicant who possesses these eight qualities."}},{"id":"an8.88:2","sourceIds":["an8.88:2.1","an8.88:2.2","an8.88:2.3","an8.88:2.4","an8.88:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatassa bhikkhuno ākaṅkhamānā upāsakā pasādaṁ pavedeyyuṁ.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nNa gihīnaṁ alābhāya parisakkati, na gihīnaṁ anatthāya parisakkati, na gihī akkosati paribhāsati, na gihī gihīhi bhedeti, buddhassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, dhammassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, saṅghassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, gocare ca naṁ passanti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgatassa bhikkhuno ākaṅkhamānā upāsakā pasādaṁ pavedeyyun”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"The lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of confidence in a mendicant who has eight qualities.\nWhat eight?\nThey don’t try to prevent laypeople from getting material things. They don’t try to harm laypeople. They don’t insult and abuse laypeople. They don’t divide laypeople against each other. They don’t criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha. They’re not seen at an inappropriate place for collecting alms.\nThe lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of confidence in a mendicant who possesses these eight qualities.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.88/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."}