Numbered Discourses 5.4 1. Powers of a Trainee Cast Down (AN5.4)

1.1

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

1.2

Katamehi pañcahi?

What five?

1.3

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu assaddho hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti, kusīto hoti, duppañño hoti.

It’s when a mendicant is faithless, shameless, imprudent, lazy, and witless.

1.4

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

A mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1

Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.

A mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.

2.2

Katamehi pañcahi?

What five?

2.3

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, hirīmā hoti, ottappī hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, paññavā hoti.

It’s when a mendicant is faithful, conscientious, prudent, energetic, and wise.

2.4

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

A mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.5

Catutthaṁ.