AN 6:83 · The Foremost State (Aggadhamma Sutta)

“Monks, endowed with six qualities, a monk is incapable of attaining arahantship, the foremost state. Which six?

“There is the case where a monk is without conviction, is shameless, is without compunction, is lazy, is undiscerning, and is concerned with his body & life.

“Endowed with these six qualities, a monk is incapable of attaining arahantship, the foremost state.

“Monks, endowed with six qualities, a monk is capable of attaining arahantship, the foremost state. Which six?

“There is the case where a monk has conviction, has a sense of shame, has compunction, has his persistence aroused, is discerning, and is unconcerned with his body & life.

“Endowed with these six qualities, a monk is capable of attaining arahantship, the foremost state.”

See also: AN 5:2; Sn 2:10; Sn 3:2; Thag 2:37

Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).