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The Book of the Fives
The Book of the Fives

83(3)A Schemer

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

83(3)A Schemer

"Bhikkhus,possessing five qualities,an elder bhikkhu is displeasing and disagreeable to his fellow monks and is neither respected nor esteemed by them.
What five?
He is a schemer,a flatterer,a hinter,a belittler,and one who pursues gain with gain.Kuhako ca hoti,lapako ca,nemittiko ca,nippesiko ca,labhenaca labhamnijigisita.These are forms of wrong livelihood,discussed morefully at Vibh 352-53(Be SS861-65);they are elaborated at Vism 23-30,Ppn 1.61-82. Possessing these five qualities...nor esteemed by them.[112]
"Bhikkhus,possessing five [other]qualities,an elder bhikkhuis pleasing and agreeable to his fellow monks and is respected and esteemed by them.
What five?
He is not a schemer,a flatterer,a hinter,a belittler,or one who pursues gain with gain.Possessing these five qualities...and esteemed by them."