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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

XVI. Persons — AN 10.156-166: Frequenting, Etc

1“Mendicants, you should not frequent a person who has ten qualities. … you should frequent … you should not pay homage … you should pay homage … you should not venerate … you should venerate … you should not praise … you should praise … you should not respect … you should respect … you should not revere … you should revere … is not a success … is a success … is not pure … is pure … does not win over conceit … wins over conceit … does not grow in wisdom … grows in wisdom …


2makes much bad karma … makes much merit. What ten? Right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. A person who has these ten qualities makes much merit.”

1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato puggalo na bhajitabbo … pe … bhajitabbo … pe … na payirupāsitabbo … payirupāsitabbo … pe … na pujjo hoti … pujjo hoti … pe … na pāsaṁso hoti … pāsaṁso hoti … pe … agāravo hoti … sagāravo hoti … pe … appatisso hoti … sappatisso hoti … pe … na ārādhako hoti … ārādhako hoti … pe … na visujjhati … visujjhati … pe … mānaṁ nādhibhoti … mānaṁ adhibhoti … pe … paññāya na vaḍḍhati … paññāya vaḍḍhati … pe … .


2… bahuṁ apuññaṁ pasavati … bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavati. Katamehi dasahi? Sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti, sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti – imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato puggalo bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavatī"ti.

Puggalavaggo paṭhamo.