← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN5.8Numbered Discourses 5.8SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 5.81. Powers of a TraineeFailure“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.What five?A mendicant who is faithless …shameless …imprudent …lazy …witless fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.A mendicant with these five qualities fails, and doesn’t establish themselves in the true teaching.A mendicant with five qualities doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.What five?A mendicant who is faithful …conscientious …prudent …energetic …wise doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.A mendicant with these five qualities doesn’t fail, and establishes themselves in the true teaching.”