Aṇguttara Nikāya
IX. Navaka Nipāta
II. Sīhanāda Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
IX. The Book of the Nines
Chapter II: The Lion Roar
Sutta 17
Kul'Opagamana Suttaṃ
The Family[1]
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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At Savatthī the Exalted One said:
"Monks, if one has not already done so,
it is not meet to visit a family possessing these nine qualities,
nor is it meet to sit down among them,
if one has visited them.
What nine?
They do not rise up pleasantly;
nor greet one pleasantly;
nor offer one a seat pleasantly;
if they have one, they hide it;
from plenty they give little;
though they have choice food, they give coarse food;
they give without respect or care;
they do not sit round to hear Dhamma;
they savour[2] not the spoken word.
[259] [ed1]Monks, if one has not already done so,
it is not meet to visit a family possessing these nine qualities,
nor is it meet to sit down among them,
if one has visited them.
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[ed2]Monks, if one has not already done so,
it is meet to visit a family possessing these nine qualities,
it is meet to sit down among them,
if one has visited them.
What nine?
They rise up pleasantly;
greet one pleasantly;
offer one a seat pleasantly;
if they have one, they do not hide it;
from plenty they give plenty;
if they have choice food, they give choice food;
they give with respect and care;
they sit round to hear Dhamma;
they savour the spoken word.
"Monks, if one has not already done so,
it is meet to visit a family possessing these nine qualities,
it is meet to sit down among them,
if one has visited them."
[1] Cf. above, p. 6; Dhp.A. i, 341.
[2] Na rasīyanti, cf. Ps. cxix, 103. Comy. They are not pleased. (The word) rolls off them, as water poured on the side of a pot.
[ed1] This paragragraph substitutes Hare's first paragraph for his abbreviated version. The Pali is the same in both.
[ed2] This entire section has been reconstructed using Hare's vocabulary.
