5: The Book of the Fives
83. A Schemer
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, an elder bhikkhu is displeasing and disagreeable to his fellow monks and is neither respected nor esteemed by them. What five? He is a schemer, a flatterer, a hinter, a belittler, and one who pursues gain with gain. [n.1091] Kuhako ca hoti, lapako ca, nemittiko ca, nippesiko ca, lābhena ca lābhaṁ nijigīsitā. These are forms of wrong livelihood, discussed more fully at Vibh 352–53 (Be §§861–65); they are elaborated at Vism 23–30, Ppn 1.61–82. Possessing these five qualities … nor esteemed by them.
2"Bhikkhus, possessing five other qualities, an elder bhikkhu is pleasing and agreeable to his fellow monks and is respected and esteemed by them. What five? He is not a schemer, a flatterer, a hinter, a belittler, or one who pursues gain with gain. Possessing these five qualities … and esteemed by them."
1"Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti amanāpo ca agaru ca abhāvanīyo ca. Katamehi pañcahi? Kuhako ca hoti, lapako ca, nemittiko ca, nippesiko ca, lābhena ca lābhaṁ nijigīsitā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti amanāpo ca agaru ca abhāvanīyo ca.
2Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo ca. Katamehi pañcahi? Na ca kuhako hoti, na ca lapako, na ca nemittiko, na ca nippesiko, na ca lābhena lābhaṁ nijigīsitā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahmacārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo cā"ti.
Tatiyaṁ.
