AN 5.18Welfare of Others (2nd)
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyahitasutta
By teaching but not practicing, one practices for the good of others.
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
– II . The Chapter on Powers
5.18. Happiness for Whom? (2)
—Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu brings happiness to others but not to himself. What five?
Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is not himself accomplished in virtue but encourages others to be accomplished in virtue; he is not himself accomplished in meditation… he is not himself accomplished in wisdom… he is not himself accomplished in liberation… he is not himself accomplished in the knowledge and vision of liberation but encourages others to be accomplished in the knowledge and vision of liberation. Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu brings happiness to others but not to himself.
This collection was translated by Venerable Thích Minh Châu from the Pali Canon into Vietnamese in 1976–1977, and published by Vạn Hạnh Buddhist Institute, Sài Gòn, in 1980–1981 . As part of the translation and publication program for the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon, the collection was revised into 4 volumes and reissued in 1996 as numbers 21, 22, 23, and 24.
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