{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.88/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.88","id":"suttacentral_an8.88","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.88/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, the lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of no confidence in a mendicant who has eight qualities. What eight? They try to prevent laypeople from getting material things. They try to harm laypeople. They insult and abuse laypeople. They divide lay people against each other. They criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. They\u2019re seen at an inappropriate place for collecting alms. The lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of no confidence in a mendicant who possesses these eight qualities. The lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of confidence in a mendicant who has eight qualities. What eight? They don\u2019t try to prevent laypeople from getting material things. They don\u2019t try to harm laypeople. They don\u2019t insult and abuse laypeople. They don\u2019t divide laypeople against each other. They don\u2019t criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. They\u2019re not seen at an inappropriate place for collecting alms. The lay followers may, if they wish, make a proclamation of confidence in a mendicant who possesses these eight qualities.\u201d","title":"A Proclamation of No Confidence","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":178}