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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.102 Numbered Discourses 5.102

11. Phāsuvihāravagga 11. Living Comfortably

Ussaį¹…kitasutta Suspected

ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaį¹…kitaparisaį¹…kito hoti pāpabhikkhÅ«ti api akuppadhammopi. ā€œMendicants, even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ā€˜bad monkā€™ for five reasons.

Katamehi paƱcahi? What five?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vesiyāgocaro vā hoti, vidhavāgocaro vā hoti, thullakumārikāgocaro vā hoti, paį¹‡įøakagocaro vā hoti, bhikkhunÄ«gocaro vā hoti. Itā€™s when a monk resorts to prostitutes, widows, voluptuous girls, eunuchs, or nuns for alms.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ussaį¹…kitaparisaį¹…kito hoti pāpabhikkhÅ«ti api akuppadhammopÄ«ā€ti. Even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ā€˜bad monkā€™ for these five reasons.ā€

Dutiyaį¹.
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