{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti108/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti108","id":"suttacentral_iti108","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti108/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cMendicants, those mendicants who are deceivers and flatterers, pompous and fake, insolent and scattered: those mendicants are no followers of mine. They\u2019ve left this teaching and training, and they don\u2019t achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. But those mendicants who are genuine, not flatterers, attentive, amenable, and serene: those mendicants are followers of mine. They haven\u2019t left this teaching and training, and they achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cThose who are deceivers and flatterers, <j>pompous and fake, insolent and scattered: these don\u2019t grow in the teaching that was taught by the perfected Buddha. But those who are genuine, not flatterers, attentive, amenable, and serene: these do grow in the teaching that was taught by the perfected Buddha.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Deceivers","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":167}