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Assaddhasutta

Faithless

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;
“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,

sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….
a true person and an even truer person.

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?
And what is an untrue person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, appassuto hoti, kusīto hoti, muṭṭhassati hoti, duppañño hoti.
It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, unmindful, and witless.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.
This is called an untrue person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?
And what is an even more untrue person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca assaddho hoti, parañca assaddhiye samādapeti;
It’s someone who is faithless, shameless, imprudent, with little learning, lazy, confused, and witless. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca ahiriko hoti, parañca ahirikatāya samādapeti;

attanā ca anottappī hoti, parañca anottappe samādapeti;

attanā ca appassuto hoti, parañca appassute samādapeti;

attanā ca kusīto hoti, parañca kosajje samādapeti;

attanā ca muṭṭhassati hoti, parañca muṭṭhassacce samādapeti;

attanā ca duppañño hoti, parañca duppaññatāya samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.
This is called an even more untrue person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?
And what is a true person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco saddho hoti, hirimā hoti, ottappī hoti, bahussuto hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, satimā hoti, paññavā hoti.
It’s someone who is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic, mindful, and wise.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.
This is called a true person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?
And what is an even truer person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca saddhāsampanno hoti, parañca saddhāsampadāya samādapeti;
It’s someone who is personally accomplished in faith, conscience, prudence, learning, energy, mindfulness, and wisdom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca hirimā hoti, parañca hirimatāya samādapeti;

attanā ca ottappī hoti, parañca ottappe samādapeti;

attanā ca bahussuto hoti, parañca bāhusacce samādapeti;

attanā ca āraddhavīriyo hoti, parañca vīriyārambhe samādapeti;

attanā ca upaṭṭhitassati hoti, parañca satiupaṭṭhāne samādapeti;

attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, parañca paññāsampadāya samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.
This is called an even truer person.”

Dutiyaṁ.