5: The Book of the Fives
I. Powers of a Trainee — AN 5.6: Becoming
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“Mendicants, you don’t become unskillful as long as faith is established in skillful qualities. But when faith vanishes and faithlessness takes over, you become unskillful.
2-4You don’t become unskillful as long as conscience … prudence … energy … wisdom is established in skillful qualities.
5But when wisdom vanishes and witlessness takes over, you become unskillful.”
1"Na tāva, bhikkhave, akusalassa samāpatti hoti yāva saddhā paccupaṭṭhitā hoti kusalesu dhammesu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, saddhā antarahitā hoti, assaddhiyaṁ pariyuṭṭhāya tiṭṭhati; atha akusalassa samāpatti hoti.
2Na tāva, bhikkhave, akusalassa samāpatti hoti yāva hirī paccupaṭṭhitā hoti kusalesu dhammesu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, hirī antarahitā hoti, ahirikaṁ pariyuṭṭhāya tiṭṭhati; atha akusalassa samāpatti hoti.
3Na tāva, bhikkhave, akusalassa samāpatti hoti yāva ottappaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti kusalesu dhammesu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, ottappaṁ antarahitaṁ hoti, anottappaṁ pariyuṭṭhāya tiṭṭhati; atha akusalassa samāpatti hoti.
4Na tāva, bhikkhave, akusalassa samāpatti hoti yāva vīriyaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti kusalesu dhammesu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, vīriyaṁ antarahitaṁ hoti, kosajjaṁ pariyuṭṭhāya tiṭṭhati; atha akusalassa samāpatti hoti.
5Na tāva, bhikkhave, akusalassa samāpatti hoti yāva paññā paccupaṭṭhitā hoti kusalesu dhammesu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, paññā antarahitā hoti, duppaññā pariyuṭṭhāya tiṭṭhati; atha akusalassa samāpatti hotī"ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.