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- Anguttara Nikaya IV.96
- Raga-vinaya Sutta
- The Subduing of Passion
- For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma
"Monks, these four types of individuals are to be found existing in the world.
Which four? The one who practices for his/her own benefit but not for that of others. The
one who practices for the benefit of others but not for his/her own. The one who practices
neither for his/her own benefit nor for that of others. The one who practices for his/her
own benefit and for that of others.
"And who is the individual who practices for his/her own benefit but not for that
of others? There is the case where a certain individual practices for the subduing of
passion within him/herself but doesn't encourage others in the subduing of passion;
practices for the subduing of aversion within him/herself but doesn't encourage others in
the subduing of aversion; practices for the subduing of delusion within him/herself but
doesn't encourage others in the subduing of delusion. Such is the individual who practices
for his/her own benefit but not for that of others.
"And who is the individual who practices for the benefit of others but not for
his/her own? There is the case where a certain individual doesn't practice for the
subduing of passion within him/herself but encourages others in the subduing of passion;
he/she doesn't practice for the subduing of aversion within him/herself but encourages
others in the subduing of aversion; he/she doesn't practice for the subduing of delusion
within him/herself but encourages others in the subduing of delusion. Such is the
individual who practices for the benefit of others but not for his/her own.
"And who is the individual who practices neither for his/her own benefit nor for
that of others? There is the case where a certain individual doesn't practice for the
subduing of passion within him/herself and doesn't encourage others in the subduing of
passion; he/she doesn't practice for the subduing of aversion within him/herself and
doesn't encourage others in the subduing of aversion; he/she doesn't practice for the
subduing of delusion within him/herself and doesn't encourage others in the subduing of
delusion. Such is the individual who practices neither for his/her own benefit nor for
that of others.
"And who is the individual who practices for his/her own benefit and for that of
others? There is the case where a certain individual practices for the subduing of passion
within him/herself and encourages others in the subduing of passion; practices for the
subduing of aversion within him/herself and encourages others in the subduing of aversion;
practices for the subduing of delusion within him/herself and encourages others in the
subduing of delusion. Such is the individual who practices for his/her own benefit and for
that of others.
"These are the four types of individuals to be found existing in the world."
See also: AN V.20; AN IV.95.