10: The Book of the Tens
156–166. Resort, Etc
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1(156) "Bhikkhus, one should not resort to a person who possesses ten qualities … one should resort to … (157) … one should not attend on … one should attend on … (158) … one should not venerate … one should venerate … (159) … one should not praise … one should praise … (160) … one should not revere … one should revere … (161) … one should not show deference to … one should show deference to a person who possesses ten qualities … (162) … a person who possesses ten qualities is not successful … is successful … (163) … is not purified … is purified … (164) … does not overcome conceit … overcomes conceit … (165) … does not grow in wisdom … grows in wisdom … (166)
2… generates much demerit … generates much merit. What ten? Right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right knowledge, and right liberation. A person who possesses these ten qualities generates much merit."
1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato puggalo na bhajitabbo … pe … bhajitabbo … pe … na payirupāsitabbo … payirupāsitabbo … pe … na pujjo hoti … pujjo hoti … pe … na pāsaṁso hoti … pāsaṁso hoti … pe … agāravo hoti … sagāravo hoti … pe … appatisso hoti … sappatisso hoti … pe … na ārādhako hoti … ārādhako hoti … pe … na visujjhati … visujjhati … pe … mānaṁ nādhibhoti … mānaṁ adhibhoti … pe … paññāya na vaḍḍhati … paññāya vaḍḍhati … pe ….
2… bahuṁ apuññaṁ pasavati … bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavati. 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 bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavatī"ti.
Puggalavaggo paṭhamo.
