{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.3","id":"suttacentral_an3.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cThere are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of a fool. What three? A fool thinks poorly, speaks poorly, and acts poorly. If a fool didn\u2019t think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then how would the astute know of them: \u2018This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person\u2019? But since a fool does think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then the astute do know of them: \u2018This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person\u2019. These are the three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of a fool. There are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person. What three? An astute person thinks well, speaks well, and acts well. If an astute person didn\u2019t think well, speak well, and act well, then how would the astute know of them: \u2018This worthy one is astute, a true person\u2019? But since an astute person does think well, speak well, and act well, then the astute do know of them: \u2018This worthy one is astute, a true person\u2019. These are the three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person. So you should train \u2026\u201d","title":"Thinking","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":186}