Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
9. Thera Vagga

The Book of the Fives

IX. The Elder

Sutta 89

Paṭhama Sekha Suttaṃ

The Monk in Training (a)

[91]

Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, these five conditions
lead to the decline
of a monk in training.

What five?

Delight in business;¹
delight in gossip;
delight in sleeping;
delight in company;
and he does not reflect on the mind as freed.²

Monks, these are the five conditions,
that lead to the decline
of a monk in training.

Monks, these five conditions
do not lead to the decline
of a monk in training.

What five?

Non-delight in business;
Non-delight in gossip;
Non-delight in sleeping;
Non-delight in company;
and he does reflect on the mind as freed.

Monks, these are the five conditions,
that do not lead to the decline
of a monk in training.

¹ Cf. A. iv, 22; It. 72; below VI, §§ 14, 21. Busmess = kamma.