{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.44/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.44","id":"suttacentral_an10.44","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.44/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kusin\u0101r\u0101 in the Forest of Offerings. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, a mendicant who wants to accuse another should first check five things in themselves and establish five things in themselves. What five things should they check in themselves? A mendicant who wants to accuse another should check this: \u2018Is my bodily behavior pure? Do I have pure bodily behavior that is impeccable and irreproachable? Is this thing found in me or not?\u2019 If it\u2019s not, there\u2019ll be some who say: \u2018Come on, venerable, train your own bodily behavior first.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant who wants to accuse another should check this: \u2018Is my verbal behavior pure? Do I have pure verbal behavior that is impeccable and irreproachable? Is this thing found in me or not?\u2019 If it\u2019s not, there will be people who say: \u2018Come on, venerable, train your own verbal behavior first.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant who wants to accuse another should check this: \u2018Is my heart established in love for my spiritual companions, without resentment? Is this thing found in me or not?\u2019 If it\u2019s not, there will be people who say: \u2018Come on, venerable, establish your heart in love for your spiritual companions first.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant who wants to accuse another should check this: \u2018Am I very learned, remembering and keeping what I\u2019ve learned? These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that\u2019s entirely full and pure. Am I very learned in such teachings, remembering them, rehearsing them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically? Is this thing found in me or not?\u2019 If it\u2019s not, there will be people who say: \u2018Come on, venerable, memorize the scriptures first.\u2019 Furthermore, a mendicant who wants to accuse another should check this: \u2018Have both monastic codes been passed down to me in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, and well evaluated in both the rules and accompanying material? Is this thing found in me or not?\u2019 If it\u2019s not, and if they are unable to respond when asked \u201cVenerable, where was this spoken by the Buddha?\u201d there will be people who say: \u2018Come on, venerable, train in the monastic code first.\u2019 These are the five things they should check in themselves. What five things should they establish in themselves? \u2018I will speak at the right time, not at the wrong time. I will speak truthfully, not falsely. I will speak gently, not harshly. I will speak beneficially, not harmfully. I will speak lovingly, not from secret hate.\u2019 These are the five things they should establish in themselves. A mendicant who wants to accuse another should first check these five things in themselves and establish these five things in themselves.\u201d","title":"At Kusin\u0101r\u0101","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":473}