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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 14 of 35
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/14/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta, section 14. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/14/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Tens · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dasakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in tens: ten perceptions, ten wholesome ways of action, the ten powers of the Realized One.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 14. If You Want · AN 10.77–10.80

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/14/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-10/14/#p-N

[¶0] AN 10.77 · A Crow

> Pali: AN 10.77 · Kākasutta

[¶1] “Mendicants, a crow possesses ten bad qualities. What ten? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. A crow possesses these ten bad qualities. In the same way, a bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities. What ten? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. A bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.”

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. Katamehi dasahi? Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca— imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhu. Katamehi dasahi? Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca— imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhū”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶3] AN 10.78 · Jains

> Pali: AN 10.78 · Nigaṇṭhasutta

[¶4] “Mendicants, Jain ascetics possess ten bad qualities. What ten? They’re faithless and unethical, without conscience or prudence, and devoted to untrue persons. They glorify themselves and put others down. They’re attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go. They’re deceptive, with corrupt wishes and bad friends. Jain ascetics possess these ten bad qualities.”

> Pali: “Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgatā nigaṇṭhā. Katamehi dasahi? Assaddhā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; dussīlā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; ahirikā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; anottappino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; asappurisasambhattino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; attukkaṁsakaparavambhakā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; sandiṭṭhiparāmāsā ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggino, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; kuhakā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; pāpicchā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā; pāpamittā, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭhā— imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgatā nigaṇṭhā”ti.

[¶5] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶6] AN 10.79 · Grounds for Resentment

> Pali: AN 10.79 · Āghātavatthusutta

[¶7] “Mendicants, there are ten grounds for resentment. What ten? Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment. Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ … ‘They will do wrong to me’ … ‘They did wrong by someone I love’ … ‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ … ‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ … ‘They helped someone I dislike’ … ‘They are helping someone I dislike’ … Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment. You get angry for no reason. These are the ten grounds for resentment.”

> Pali: “Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni. Katamāni dasa? ‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati, ‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; aṭṭhāne ca kuppati— imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa āghātavatthūnī”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: Navamaṁ.

[¶9] AN 10.80 · Getting Rid of Resentment

> Pali: AN 10.80 · Āghātapaṭivinayasutta

[¶10] “Mendicants, there are these ten ways to get rid of resentment. What ten? Thinking: ‘They harmed me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment. Thinking: ‘They are harming me …’ … ‘They will harm me …’ … ‘They harmed someone I love …’ … ‘They are harming someone I love …’ ‘They will harm someone I love …’ … They helped someone I dislike …’ … ‘They are helping someone I dislike …’ … Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment. And you don’t get angry for no reason. These are the ten ways of getting rid of resentment.”

> Pali: “Dasayime, bhikkhave, āghātapaṭivinayā. Katame dasa? ‘Anatthaṁ me acari, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, ‘anatthaṁ me carati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, ‘anatthaṁ me carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acari …pe… carati …pe… carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhāti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acari …pe… atthaṁ carati …pe… atthaṁ carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhāti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, aṭṭhāne ca na kuppati— ime kho, bhikkhave, dasa āghātapaṭivinayā”ti.

[¶11] > Pali: Dasamaṁ.

[¶12] > Pali: Ākaṅkhavaggo tatiyo.

[¶13] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶14] > Pali: Ākaṅkho kaṇṭako iṭṭhā,
vaḍḍhi ca migasālāya;
Tayo dhammā ca kāko ca,
nigaṇṭhā dve ca āghātāti.