Numbered Discourses
9. The Chapter on Senior Mendicants

A Trainee (1st)

Aṅguttara Nikāya
9. Theravagga
Paṭhamasekhasutta
Numbered Discourses
9. The Chapter on Senior Mendicants
A Trainee (1st)
Aṅguttara Nikāya
9. Theravagga
Paṭhamasekhasutta
A Trainee (1st)

Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.

Ruta suttaAN 5.89Sutta Piṭaka › Aṅguttara Nikāya › 5. Pañcakanipāta › 2. Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka › 9. Theravagga › Paṭhamasekhasutta
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“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.What five?They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame pañca? Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati—ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.

“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.
“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.
What five?
Katame pañca?
They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.
Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati—
These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.
ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.

“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti. What five?Katame pañca? They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati—These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.

These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.What five?They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”

Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame pañca? Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati—ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.

These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.
Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti.
What five?
Katame pañca?
They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.
Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati—
These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”
ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.

These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti. What five?Katame pañca? They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati—These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.

Navamaṁ.

Navamaṁ.

Navamaṁ.