Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
9. Thera Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
IX. The Elder

Sutta 83

Kuhaka Suttaṃ

The Trickster

Translated by E. M. Hare

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[1] Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī
and there he addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, if an elder monk be possessed of five qualities,
among his fellows in the godly life
he becomes neither dear
nor pleasant
nor respected
nor what he ought to become.

What five?

He is a trickster,^[1]
a ranter,
an insinuator,
a dissembler,^[2]
one who seeks to add gain to gain.

Monks, if he be possessed of these five qualities,
among his fellows in the godly life
he becomes neither dear
nor pleasant
nor respected
nor what he ought to become.

 

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"Monks, if an elder monk be possessed of five qualities,
among his fellows in the godly life
he becomes dear
pleasant
respected
and what he ought to become.

What five?

He is no trickster,
is not a ranter,
not an insinuator,
not a dissembler,
not one who seeks to add gain to gain.

Monks, if he be possessed of these five qualities,
among his fellows in the godly life
he becomesdear
pleasant
respected
and what he ought to become.

 

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^[1] Cf. Vism. 23 (trsl. 27 ff.); D. i, 8 (Dial. i, 16); DA. i, 91.

^[2] Nippesiko. Comy. nippiṃsanak'atthāya samannāgato.