2.
The Second Discourse on the Fixed Course of the Right Path
152.
"Monks, one possessed of five qualities, even while hearing the Good Teaching, is incapable of entering upon the fixed course, the right path, in wholesome mental states.
Which five?
He disparages the talk, he disparages the speaker, he disparages himself, he is unwise, dull, an idiot, and he is conceited about what is not known as if it were known.
Monks, one possessed of these five qualities, even while hearing the Good Teaching, is incapable of entering upon the fixed course, the right path, in wholesome mental states.
"Monks, one possessed of five qualities, while hearing the Good Teaching, is capable of entering upon the fixed course, the right path, in wholesome mental states. Which five? He does not disparage the talk, he does not disparage the speaker, he does not disparage himself, he is wise, not dull, not an idiot, and he is not conceited about what is not known as if it were known. Monks, one possessed of these five qualities, while hearing the Good Teaching, is capable of entering upon the fixed course, the right path, in wholesome mental states." The second.