Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 10.84 — Declaration

1There Venerable Mahāmoggallāna addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!”

2“Reverend,” they replied. Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this:

3“Take a mendicant who declares enlightenment: ‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’ They’re pursued, pressed, and grilled by the Realized One, or by one of his disciples who is a meditator skilled in attainments, in the minds of others, and in encompassing another’s mind. Grilled in this way they get stuck or lose their way. They fall to ruin and disaster.

4The Realized One or one of his disciples encompasses their mind and investigates: ‘Why does this venerable declare enlightenment, saying:

5“I understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place’”?’

6They understand:

7‘This venerable gets irritable, and often lives with a heart full of anger. But being full of anger means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.

8This venerable is acrimonious …

9prone to disdain …

10contemptuous …

11jealous …

12stingy …

13devious …

14deceitful …

15This venerable has corrupt wishes, and often lives with a heart full of desire. But being full of desire means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.

16When there is still more to be done, this venerable stopped half-way after achieving some trifling distinction. But stopping half-way means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.’

17It is quite impossible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training without giving up these ten qualities. It is quite possible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training after giving up these ten qualities.”