{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.27/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.27","id":"suttacentral_an3.27","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.27/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cThese three individuals are found in the world. What three? There is an individual you should be disgusted by, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. There is an individual you should regard with equanimity, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. There is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend. Who is the individual you should be disgusted by, and not associate with, accompany, or attend? It\u2019s an individual who is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner\u2014though claiming to be one\u2014rotten inside, festering, and depraved. You should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. Why is that? Even if you don\u2019t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation: \u2018That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.\u2019 They\u2019re like a snake that\u2019s been living in a pile of dung. Even if it doesn\u2019t bite, it\u2019ll still rub off on you. In the same way, even if you don\u2019t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation: \u2018That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.\u2019 That\u2019s why you should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. Who is the individual you should regard with equanimity, and not associate with, accompany, or attend? It\u2019s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered. Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. They\u2019re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more. In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered. They\u2019re like a firebrand of pale-moon ebony, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, sizzles and crackles even more. In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered. They\u2019re like a sewer, which, when you stir it with a stick or a stone, stinks even more. In the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered. Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. You should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. Why is that? Thinking, \u2018They might abuse or insult me, or do me harm.\u2019 That\u2019s why you should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn\u2019t associate with, accompany, or attend them. Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend? It\u2019s an individual who is ethical, of good character. You should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual. Why is that? Even if you don\u2019t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a good reputation: \u2018That individual has good friends, companions, and associates.\u2019 That\u2019s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual. These are the three individuals found in the world. A man who associates with an inferior goes downhill, but associating with an equal, you\u2019ll never decline; following the best, you\u2019ll quickly rise up, so you should keep company <j>with people better than you.\u201d","title":"You Should be Disgusted","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":532}