{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.153/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.153","id":"suttacentral_an5.153","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.153/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, someone with five qualities is unable to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities even when listening to the true teaching. What five? They listen to the teaching bent only on putting it down. They listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind. They\u2019re antagonistic to the teacher, planning to attack them. They\u2019re witless, dull, and idiotic. And they think they know what they don\u2019t know. Someone with these five qualities is unable to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities even when listening to the true teaching. Someone with five qualities is able to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching. What five? They don\u2019t listen to the teaching bent only on putting it down. They don\u2019t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind. They\u2019re not antagonistic to the teacher, and not planning to attack them. They\u2019re wise, bright, and clever. And they don\u2019t think they know what they don\u2019t know. Someone with these five qualities is able to step into the sure path with regard to skillful qualities when listening to the true teaching.\u201d","title":"The Sure Path (3rd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":195}