Academic Sutta NameNotes PSA PlaeVaggaNikayaPTSKeywords
A.10_086 A~n~na Sutta If a monk claims adeptness in mental attainments but still exhibits the following traits: 1. covetousness [abhijjaa]; 2. malice [byaapada]; 3. sloth and torpor [thinamiddha]; 4. distraction; 5. doubt; 6. delight in work; 7. delight in chatter; 8. delight in sleep; 9. delight in gregariousness, and; 10. muddled wits. If a monk still exhibits any of these traits you can know that he has stopped mid-way in his cultivation and that he cannot make progress in the Dhammavinaya until he abandons these traits. 38/266 Dasaka Nipaata, Dutiya Pa.n.naasaka A"nguttara A.i.


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