In Brief Saṃ khitta Sutta (AN 8:53)

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('â', These qualities lead to passion, not to dispassion; to being fettered, not to being unfettered; to accumulating, not to shedding; to self-aggrandizement, not to modesty; to discontent, not to contentment; to entanglement, not to reclusiveness; to laziness, not to aroused persistence; to being burdensome, not to being unburdensomeâ: You may categorically hold, ),

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('â', This is not the Dhamma, this is not the Vinaya, this is not the Teacherâs instruction.â "As for the qualities of which you may know, ),

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('â', These qualities lead to dispassion, not to passion; to being unfettered, not to being fettered; to shedding, not to accumulating; to modesty, not to self-aggrandizement; to contentment, not to discontent; to reclusiveness, not to entanglement; to aroused persistence, not to laziness; to being unburdensome, not to being burdensomeâ: You may categorically hold, ),

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('â', This is the Dhamma, this is the Vinaya, this is the Teacherâs instruction.â" That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, Mahṅpṅjapati Gotamī delighted in his words. See also: MN 61; AN 7:64; AN 7:80; AN 8:30; AN 10:71 - --> - - - -