AN 5.306Untitled Discourse on Greed (4th)
Develop insight into greed through the faculties.
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
– XXVI . Chapter on Full Ordination
5.306. Other People
TTC 1—Possessing five qualities, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu should not be appointed to assign the distribution of lodgings; should be appointed as the distributor of lodgings… does not know how to distribute and does not distribute… knows how to distribute and does not distribute… should not be appointed as storekeeper… should be appointed as storekeeper… does not know how to safeguard and does not safeguard… knows how to safeguard and does not safeguard… should not be appointed as the receiver of robes… should be appointed as the receiver of robes… does not know how to take and does not take… knows how to take and does not take… should not be appointed as the distributor of robes… should be appointed as the distributor of robes… should not be appointed as the distributor of rice porridge…
should be appointed as the distributor of rice porridge… should not be appointed as the distributor of fruit… should be appointed as the distributor of fruit… should not be appointed as the distributor of cakes… should be appointed as the distributor of cakes… does not know how to divide and does not divide… knows how to divide and does not divide… should not be appointed as the distributor of minor requisites… should be appointed as the distributor of minor requisites… does not know how to distribute and does not distribute… knows how to distribute and does not distribute… should not be appointed as the receiver of undergarments… should be appointed as the receiver of undergarments… should not be appointed as the receiver of bowls… should be appointed as the receiver of bowls… does not
know how to receive and does not receive… knows how to receive and does not receive… should not be appointed as supervisor of the gardeners… should be appointed as supervisor of the gardeners… should not be appointed as supervisor of the novices… should be appointed as supervisor of the novices… when appointed, should not be sent… when appointed, should be sent… should be known as a fool… should be known as a wise person… conducts himself as one who is uprooted and wounded… conducts himself as one who is not uprooted and not wounded… accordingly falls into hell… accordingly is reborn in heaven…
What five?
TTC 2He does not act out of desire, does not act out of hatred, does not act out of delusion, does not act out of fear, and knows when to send and when not to send.
Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, a supervisor of novices is accordingly reborn in heaven.
This collection was translated by Venerable Thích Minh Châu from the Pali Canon into Vietnamese in 1976–1977, and was published by the Vạn Hạnh Buddhist Institute, Saigon, in 1980–1981 . As part of the program to translate and publish the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon, the collection was revised into 4 volumes and republished in 1996 as numbers 21, 22, 23, and 24.
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