{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.73/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.73","id":"suttacentral_an4.73","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.73/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, an untrue person can be known by four qualities. What four? To start with, an untrue person speaks ill of another even when not asked, let alone when asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak ill of another in full detail, not leaving anything out. That\u2019s how to know that this is an untrue person. Furthermore, an untrue person doesn\u2019t speak well of another even when asked, let alone when not asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak well of another without giving the full details, leaving many things out. That\u2019s how to know that this is an untrue person. Furthermore, an untrue person doesn\u2019t speak ill of themselves even when asked, let alone when not asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak ill of themselves without giving the full details, leaving many things out. That\u2019s how to know that this is an untrue person. Furthermore, an untrue person speaks well of themselves even when not asked, let alone when asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak well of themselves in full detail, not leaving anything out. That\u2019s how to know that this is an untrue person. An untrue person can be known by these four qualities. A true person can be known by four qualities. What four? To start with, a true person doesn\u2019t speak ill of another even when asked, let alone when not asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak ill of another without giving the full details, leaving many things out. That\u2019s how to know that this is a true person. Furthermore, a true person speaks well of another even when not asked, let alone when asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak well of another in full detail, not leaving anything out. That\u2019s how to know that this is a true person. Furthermore, a true person speaks ill of themselves even when not asked, let alone when asked. But when led on by questions they speak ill of themselves in full detail, not leaving anything out. That\u2019s how to know that this is a true person. Furthermore, a true person doesn\u2019t speak well of themselves even when asked, let alone when not asked. But when summoned for questioning they speak well of themselves without giving the full details, leaving many things out. That\u2019s how to know that this is a true person. A true person can be known by these four qualities. It\u2019s like a bride on the day or night she\u2019s first brought to her husband\u2019s home. Right away she sets up a keen sense of conscience and prudence for her mother and father in law, her husband, and even the bondservants, workers, and staff. But after some time, because of living together and familiarity, she\u2019ll even say to her mother and father in law, or to her husband: \u2018Go away! What would you know?\u2019 In the same way, on the day or night a mendicant first goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, right away they set up a keen sense of conscience and prudence for the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen, and even the monastery workers and novices. But after some time, because of living together and familiarity, they\u2019ll even say to their tutor or mentor: \u2018Go away! What would you know?\u2019 So you should train like this: \u2018We will live with hearts like that of a newly wedded bride.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"A True Person","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":571}