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- Anguttara Nikaya VI.12
- Saraniya Sutta
- Conducive to Amiability
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"Monks, these six are conditions that are conducive to amiability, that engender
feelings of endearment, engender feelings of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a
lack of disputes, harmony, & a state of unity. Which six?
"There is the case where a monk is set on bodily acts of good will with regard to
his fellows in the holy life, to their faces & behind their backs. This is a condition
that is conducive to amiability, that engenders feelings of endearment, engenders feelings
of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a lack of disputes, harmony, & a state
of unity.
"Furthermore, the monk is set on verbal acts of good will with regard to his
fellows in the holy life, to their faces & behind their backs. This is a condition
that is conducive to amiability, that engenders feelings of endearment, engenders feelings
of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a lack of disputes, harmony, & a state
of unity.
"Furthermore, the monk is set on mental acts of good will with regard to his
fellows in the holy life, to their faces & behind their backs. This is a condition
that is conducive to amiability, that engenders feelings of endearment, engenders feelings
of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a lack of disputes, harmony, & a state
of unity.
"Furthermore, whatever righteous gains the monk may obtain in a righteous way --
even if only the alms in his bowl -- he does not consume them alone. He consumes them
after sharing them in common with his virtuous fellows in the holy life. This is a
condition that is conducive to amiability, that engenders feelings of endearment,
engenders feelings of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a lack of disputes,
harmony, & a state of unity.
"Furthermore -- with reference to the virtues that are untorn, unbroken,
unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the wise, untarnished, leading to
concentration -- the monk dwells with his virtue in tune with that of his fellows in the
holy life, to their faces & behind their backs. This is a condition that is conducive
to amiability, that engenders feelings of endearment, engenders feelings of respect,
leading to a sense of fellowship, a lack of disputes, harmony, & a state of unity.
"Furthermore -- with reference to views that are noble, leading outward, that lead
those who act in accordance with them to the right ending of suffering & stress -- the
monk dwells with his views in tune with those of his fellows in the holy life, to their
faces & behind their backs. This is a condition that is conducive to amiability, that
engenders feelings of endearment, engenders feelings of respect, leading to a sense of
fellowship, a lack of disputes, harmony, & a state of unity.
"These are the six conditions that are conducive to amiability, that engender
feelings of endearment, engender feelings of respect, leading to a sense of fellowship, a
lack of disputes, harmony, & a state of unity."