“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato suṇantopi saddhammaṁ abhabbo niyāmaṁ okkamituṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ. “Bhikkhus, someone with five qualities is unable to enter the sure path in regard to beneficial qualities even when listening to the true teaching. Katamehi pañcahi? What five? Makkhī dhammaṁ suṇāti makkhapariyuṭṭhito, upārambhacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti randhagavesī, dhammadesake āhatacitto hoti khīlajāto, duppañño hoti jaḷo eḷamūgo, anaññāte aññātamānī hoti. They listen to the teaching bent on putting it down. They listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind. They’re antagonistic to the teacher, planning to attack them. They’re witless, dull, and stupid. And they think they understand what they don’t understand. *One should strive to be free of these qualities with regard to any teacher or teaching, especially initially when one has no means to accurately judge which teaching is true. Fortunately, the Suttas are now widely available to serve as a standard, but even then, one’s assessment of whether a given teaching agrees with them or not can based on preconceived notions of what one thinks the Suttas mean. 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 in 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 in regard to beneficial qualities when listening to the true teaching. Katamehi pañcahi? What five? Amakkhī dhammaṁ suṇāti na makkhapariyuṭṭhito, anupārambhacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti na randhagavesī, dhammadesake anāhatacitto hoti akhīlajāto, paññavā hoti ajaḷo aneḷamūgo, na anaññāte aññātamānī hoti. They don’t listen to the teaching bent on putting it down. They don’t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind. They’re not antagonistic to the teacher, and not planning to attack them. They’re wise, not dull or stupid. And they don’t think they understand what they don’t understand. 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 in regard to beneficial qualities when listening to the true teaching.”
Tatiyaṁ.
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