Aṇguttara Nikāya


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Aṇguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
I. Bāla Vagga

Sutta 5

Ayoniso Suttaṃ

Inappropriately

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Sourced from the edition at dhammatalks.org

Provenance, terms and conditons

 


 

[5.1][pts][bodh][upal] "Monks, a person endowed with three qualities is to be recognized as a fool.

Which three?

He is formulates a question inappropriately.

He is answers a question inappropriately.

When another answers a question appropriately — having chosen circumscribed, coherent words and phrases — he doesn’t approve of it.

A person endowed with these three qualities is to be recognized as a fool.

"Monks, a person endowed with three qualities is to be recognized as a wise person.

Which three?

He formulates a question appropriately.

He answers a question appropriately.

When another answers a question appropriately — having chosen circumscribed, coherent words and phrases — he approves of it.

A person endowed with these three qualities is to be recognized as a wise person."

 


 

Of Related Interest:

MN 2;
AN 3:67; [DTO #68]
AN 4:42;
AN 4:192

 


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