{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.82/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.82","id":"suttacentral_an10.82","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.82/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201c\u0100nanda, it is quite impossible for a faithless mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who is unethical \u2026 unlearned \u2026 hard to admonish \u2026 with bad friends \u2026 lazy \u2026 unmindful \u2026 lacking contentment \u2026 of corrupt wishes \u2026 of wrong view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite impossible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a faithful mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a mendicant who is ethical \u2026 a learned memorizer \u2026 easy to admonish \u2026 with good friends \u2026 energetic \u2026 mindful \u2026 contented \u2026 of few desires \u2026 of right view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.\u201d","title":"With \u0100nanda","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":196}