Santasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Dasakanipāta · Ekādasakanipāta · Vol. 24 · Section 9

[9] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is endowed with faith (saddhā) but is not virtuous; he is virtuous but not learned; he is learned but not a speaker on the Dhamma; he is a speaker on the Dhamma but does not frequent assemblies; he frequents assemblies but does not teach the Dhamma to the assembly with confidence; he teaches the Dhamma to the assembly with confidence but is not an upholder of the Vinaya; he is an upholder of the Vinaya but is not a forest-dweller resorting to remote lodgings; he is a forest-dweller resorting to remote lodgings but does not dwell having contacted with the body those peaceful liberations (vimokkha) that are formless, transcending forms; he dwells having contacted with the body those peaceful liberations that are formless, transcending forms, but does not, through the destruction of the taints (āsava), realize for himself with direct knowledge (abhiññā), in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind (cetovimutti) and liberation by wisdom (paññāvimutti), and, having entered upon it, dwell therein. Thus he is incomplete in that factor. He should fulfil that factor, thinking: "How might I be endowed with faith, and virtuous, and learned, and a speaker on the Dhamma, and one who frequents assemblies, and one who teaches the Dhamma to the assembly with confidence, and an upholder of the Vinaya, and a forest-dweller resorting to remote lodgings; and dwell having contacted with the body those peaceful liberations that are formless, transcending forms; and, through the destruction of the taints, realize for myself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and, having entered upon it, dwell therein?" But, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu is endowed with faith, and virtuous, and learned, and a speaker on the Dhamma, and one who frequents assemblies, and one who teaches the Dhamma to the assembly with confidence, and an upholder of the Vinaya, and a forest-dweller resorting to remote lodgings; and he dwells having contacted with the body those peaceful liberations that are formless, transcending forms; and, through the destruction of the taints, he realizes for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and, having entered upon it, dwells therein — thus he is complete in that factor. Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu endowed with these ten qualities inspires confidence in every respect and is complete in every aspect. End of the Santa Sutta, the ninth. Vijjaya Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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