Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
X: Upāsaka-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
X: The Lay-followers
Sutta 100
Bhabb-ā-Bhabba Suttaṃ
Unfit to Grow
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One said this:
2. "Monks, by not abandoning these ten conditions
one cannot grow[1] to realize arahantship.
What ten?
3. Passion,
malice,
delusion,
wrath,
grudge,
depreciation,
spite,
jealousy,
stinginess.
Monks, by not abandoning these ten
one cannot grow to realize arahantship.
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4. Monks, by abandoning these ten conditions
one can grow to realize arahantship.
What ten?
5. Passion,
malice,
delusion,
wrath,
grudge,
depreciation,
spite,
jealousy,
stinginess.
Monks, by abandoning these ten conditions
one can grow to realize arahantship."
[1] Abhabbo (not becomable).
