12. Āyācanavaggo | 2 | Aṅguttara
Aṅguttara Nikāya
2. Dukanipāta
12. Āyācanavaggo
XII. Aspiring
130 (1)
Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu endowed with faith, rightly aspiring, should aspire thus:
‘May I become like Sāriputta and Moggallāna!’
This is the standard and criterion for my Bhikkhu disciples, that is, Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
131 (2)
Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhunī endowed with faith, rightly aspiring, should aspire thus:
‘May I become like the Bhikkhunīs Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā!’
This is the standard and criterion for my Bhikkhunī disciples, that is, the Bhikkhunīs Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.
132 (3)
Bhikkhus, a male lay follower endowed with faith, rightly aspiring, should aspire thus:
‘May I become like Citta the householder and Hatthaka of Āḷavī!’
This is the standard and criterion for my male lay disciples, that is, Citta the householder and Hatthaka of Āḷavī.
133 (4)
Bhikkhus, a female lay follower endowed with faith, rightly aspiring, should aspire thus:
‘May I become like the female lay followers Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇḍakī Nandamātā!’
This is the standard and criterion for my female lay disciples, that is, the female lay followers Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇḍakī Nandamātā.
134 (5)
Bhikkhus, possessing 2 qualities,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
What 2?
Without investigating and scrutinizing, he speaks praise of one who deserves dispraise.
Without investigating and scrutinizing, he speaks dispraise of one who deserves praise.
- Possessing these 2 qualities,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
Bhikkhus, possessing 2 qualities,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
What 2?
Having investigated and scrutinized, he speaks dispraise of one who deserves dispraise.
Having investigated and scrutinized, he speaks praise of one who deserves praise.
- Possessing these 2 qualities,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
135 (6)
Bhikkhus, possessing 2 qualities,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
What 2?
Without investigating and scrutinizing, he believes a matter that merits suspicion.
Without investigating and scrutinizing, he is suspicious about a matter that merits belief.
- Possessing these 2 qualities,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
Bhikkhus, possessing 2 qualities,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
What 2?
Having investigated and scrutinized, he is suspicious about a matter that merits suspicion.
Having investigated and scrutinized, he believes a matter that merits belief.
- Possessing these 2 qualities,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
136 (7)
Bhikkhus, behaving wrongly toward 2 persons,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
What 2?
His mother and his father.
Behaving wrongly toward these 2 persons,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
Bhikkhus, behaving rightly toward 2 persons,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach among the wise; and he generates much merit.
What 2?
His mother and his father.
Behaving rightly toward these 2 persons,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
137 (8)
Bhikkhus, behaving wrongly toward 2 persons,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
What 2?
The Tathāgata and a disciple of the Tathāgata.
Behaving wrongly toward these 2 persons,
the foolish, incompetent, bad person maintains himself in a maimed and injured condition; he is blameworthy and subject to reproach by the wise; and he generates much demerit.
Bhikkhus, behaving rightly toward 2 persons,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach among the wise; and he generates much merit.
What 2?
The Tathāgata and a disciple of the Tathāgata.
Behaving rightly toward these 2 persons,
the wise, competent, good person preserves himself unmaimed and uninjured; he is blameless and beyond reproach by the wise; and he generates much merit.
138 (9)
Bhikkhus, there are these 2 things. What 2?
Cleansing one’s own mind and one does not cling to anything in the world.
These are the 2 things.
139 (10)
Bhikkhus, there are these 2 things. What 2?
Anger and hostility.
These are the 2 things.
140 (11)
Bhikkhus, there are these 2 things. What 2?
The removal of anger and the removal of hostility.
These are the 2 things.