Existential Atlas

AN 5.102 — Suspected

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“Mendicants, even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for five reasons. What five? It’s when a monk resorts to prostitutes, widows, voluptuous girls, eunuchs, or nuns for alms. Even if a monk is of impeccable character, he might be suspected and distrusted as a ‘bad monk’ for these five reasons.”

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Contents of Numbered Discourses / Anguttara Nikaya (Sujato)