Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

155. Associate With

1"Bhikkhus, one should not associate with a person who possesses ten qualities. What ten? Wrong view, wrong intention, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration, wrong knowledge, and wrong liberation. One should not associate with a person who possesses these ten qualities.

2"Bhikkhus, one should associate with a person who possesses ten qualities. What ten? Right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right knowledge, and right liberation. One should associate with a person who possesses these ten qualities."

1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato puggalo na sevitabbo. Katamehi dasahi? Micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo hoti, micchāvāco hoti, micchākammanto hoti, micchāājīvo hoti, micchāvāyāmo hoti, micchāsati hoti, micchāsamādhi hoti, micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti – imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato puggalo na sevitabbo.

2Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato puggalo sevitabbo. Katamehi dasahi? Sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti, sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti – imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato puggalo sevitabbo"ti.

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