20. Aparapuggalavaggo | 10 | Aṅguttara

Aṅguttara Nikāya

020. Aparapuggalavaggo
V. Another Chapter on Persons

199 (1) Associate With

Bhikkhus, one should not associate with a person who possesses 10 qualities. What 10?

1) He destroys life,
2) takes what is not given,
3) engages in sexual misconduct,
4) speaks falsehood,
5) speaks divisively,
6) speaks harshly,
7) indulges in idle chatter;
8) he is full of longing,
9) has a mind of ill will, and
10) holds wrong view.

- One should not associate with a person who possesses these 10 qualities.

Bhikkhus, one should associate with a person who possesses 10 qualities. What 10?

1) He abstains from the destruction of life,
2) from taking what is not given,
3) from sexual misconduct,
4) from false speech,
5) from divisive speech,
6) from harsh speech,
7) from idle chatter;
8) he is without longing,
9) of good will, and
10) holds right view.

- One should associate with a person who possesses these 10 qualities.

200 (2)–210 (12) Resort, Etc.

(200) Bhikkhus, one should not resort to a person who possesses 10 qualities ...one should resort to ...

(201) ...one should not attend on ...one should attend on ...

(202) ...one should not venerate ...one should venerate ...

(203) ...one should not praise ...one should praise ...

(204) ...one should not revere . . . one should revere ...

(205) ...one should not show deference to ...one should show deference to a person who possesses 10 qualities....

(206) A person who possesses 10 qualities is not successful ...is successful ...

(207) ...is not purified ...is purified ...

(208) ...does not overcome conceit ...overcomes conceit …

(209) ...does not grow in wisdom ...grows in wisdom ...

(210) ...generates much demerit ...generates much merit. What 10?

1) He abstains from the destruction of life,
2) from taking what is not given,
3) from sexual misconduct,
4) from false speech,
5) from divisive speech,
6) from harsh speech,
7) from idle chatter;
8) he is without longing,
9) of good will, and
10) holds right view.

- A person who possesses these 10 qualities generates much merit.