AN 5.304Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
– XXVI . The Higher Ordination Chapter
5.304. Different People
TTC 1—Possessing five qualities, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu should not be selected to assign and distribute lodgings; one should be selected to distribute lodgings… one who does not know how to distribute and does not distribute… one who knows how to distribute and does not distribute… should not be selected as storekeeper… should be selected as storekeeper… one who does not know how to safeguard and does not safeguard… one who knows how to safeguard and does not safeguard… should not be selected to receive robes… should be selected to receive robes… one who does not know how to take and does not take… one who knows how to take and does not take… should not be selected to divide robes… should be selected to divide robes… should not be selected to distribute porridge… should be selected to
distribute porridge… should not be selected to distribute fruit… should be selected to distribute fruit… should not be selected to distribute cakes… should be selected to distribute cakes… one who does not know how to divide and does not divide… one who knows how to divide and does not divide… should not be selected to distribute small requisites… should be selected to distribute small requisites… one who does not know how to distribute and does not distribute… one who knows how to distribute and does not distribute… should not be selected to receive inner robes… should be selected to receive inner robes… should not be selected to receive bowls… should be selected to receive bowls… one who does not know how to receive and does not receive… one who knows how to receive and does not receive…
should not be selected to supervise the gardeners… should be selected to supervise the gardeners… should not be selected to supervise novices… should be selected to supervise novices… when selected, should not be sent… when selected, should be sent… should be known as a fool… should be known as a wise person… conducts himself like one uprooted and wounded… conducts himself like one neither uprooted nor wounded… accordingly falls into hell… accordingly is reborn in a heavenly realm…
What five?
TTC 2He is not led by desire, not led by hate, not led by delusion, not led by fear, and knows when to send and when not to send.
Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, a supervisor of novices is accordingly reborn in a heavenly realm.
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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