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Appasādapavedanīyasuttaṃ [AN 8.88, PTS 4.346]

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The Discourse on Announcing Distrust

88.More DetailsCommentaries "Monks, lay followers who wish may declare distrust towards a monk possessed of eight qualities. Which eight? He tries for material loss of laypeople, he tries for harm of laypeople, he reviles and abuses laypeople, he causes division of laypeople from laypeople, he dispraises the Buddha, he dispraises the Teaching, he dispraises the Community, and they see him in an improper resort. Monks, lay followers who wish may declare distrust towards a monk possessed of these eight qualities.

"Monks, lay followers who wish may declare confidence towards a monk possessed of eight qualities. Which eight? He does not try for material loss of laypeople, he does not try for harm of laypeople, he does not revile and abuse laypeople, he does not cause division of laypeople from laypeople, he praises the Buddha, he praises the Teaching, he praises the Community, and they see him in a proper resort. Monks, lay followers who wish may declare confidence towards a monk possessed of these eight qualities." The eighth.

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