“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ. “Bhikkhus, someone with five qualities is unable to enter the sure path with regard to beneficial qualities even when listening to the true teaching. Katamehi pañcahi? What five? Kathaṁ paribhoti, kathikaṁ paribhoti, attānaṁ paribhoti, vikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, anekaggacitto ayoniso ca manasi karoti. They discredit the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with a scattered and distracted mind. They attend not in light of the origin. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ. Someone with these five qualities is unable to enter the sure path with regard to beneficial qualities even when listening to the true teaching.
Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ. Someone with five qualities is able to enter the sure path with regard to beneficial qualities when listening to the true teaching. Katamehi pañcahi? What five? Na kathaṁ paribhoti, na kathikaṁ paribhoti, na attānaṁ paribhoti, avikkhittacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti, ekaggacitto yoniso ca manasi karoti. They don’t discredit the talk, the speaker, or themselves. They listen with an unscattered and unified mind. They attend in light of the origin. *As stated [here](https://suttas.hillsidehermitage.org/?q=mn43#mn43:13.1-mn43:13.4), right view can only arise when the utterance of another is paired with _yoniso manasikāra_, on which see [MN 2](https://suttas.hillsidehermitage.org/?q=mn2). Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato suṇanto saddhammaṁ bhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattan”ti. Someone with these five qualities is able to enter the sure path with regard to beneficial qualities when listening to the true teaching.”
Paṭhamaṁ.
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