← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN6.84Numbered Discourses 6.84SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 6.848. PerfectionDay and Night“Mendicants, a mendicant with six qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.What six?It’s when a mendicant has many desires—they’re frustrated and not content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. And they’re faithless, unethical, unmindful, and witless.A mendicant with these six qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.A mendicant with six qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.What six?It’s when a mendicant doesn’t have many desires—they’re not frustrated but content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. And they’re faithful, ethical, mindful, and wise.A mendicant with these six qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.”