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The Discourse on the Faithless
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"I will teach you, monks, the bad person and one worse than a bad person;
the good person and one better than a good person.
Listen to that, etc.
"And what, monks, is a bad person? Here, monks, a certain one is faithless, is shameless, has no moral fear, is of little learning, is lazy, is unmindful, is unwise. This is called, monks, a bad person.
"And what, monks, is one worse than a bad person? Here, monks, a certain one is himself faithless, and encourages others to faithlessness; he is himself shameless, and encourages others to shamelessness; he himself has no moral fear, and encourages others to moral fearlessness; he is himself of little learning, and encourages others to little learning; he is himself lazy, and encourages others to idleness; he is himself unmindful, and encourages others to unmindfulness; he is himself unwise, and encourages others to lack of wisdom. This is called, monks, one worse than a bad person.
"And what, monks, is a good person? Here, monks, a certain one has faith, has shame, has moral fear, is very learned, is putting forth strenuous energy, is mindful, is wise. This is called, monks, a good person.
"And what, monks, is one better than a good person? Here, monks, a certain one is himself accomplished in faith, and encourages others to accomplishment in faith; he is himself possessed of shame, and encourages others to possession of shame; he himself has moral fear, and encourages others to moral fear; he is himself very learned, and encourages others to great learning; he is himself putting forth strenuous energy, and encourages others to arousal of energy; he himself is mindful, and encourages others to establishing of mindfulness; he is himself accomplished in wisdom, and encourages others to accomplishment in wisdom. This is called, monks, one better than a good person." The second.