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NAMO BUDDHAYA !
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa !
Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Supremely Enlightened One !
THE NUMARICAL DISCOURSES OF THE BUDDHA.
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Sussuusathi Sutta - One Wishes to Listen (AN6-88)
 
"Bhikkhus (Monks), possessing six qualities, even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course (consisting) in rightness in wholesome qualities. What six? When the Dhamma and discipline proclaimed by the Tathāgata(the Buddha) is being taught,
(1) one does not wish to listen;- (na sussūsati)
(2) one does not lend an ear;-  (na sotaṁ odahati)
(3) one does not set one's mind on understanding; -  ( na aññā cittaṁupaṭṭhāpeti )
(4) one grasps the meaning wrongly; -  (anatthaṁ gaṇhāti)
(5) one discards the meaning; and - (atthaṁ riñcati)
(6) one has adopted a conviction that is not in conformity (with the teaching.) . ( ananulomikāyakhantiyā samannāgato)

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 Possessing these six qualities, even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course( consisting) in rightness in wholesome qualities.
"Bhikkhus (Monks), possessing six qualities, while listening to the good Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course (consisting) in rightness in wholesome qualities. What six? When the Dhamma and discipline proclaimed by the Tathāgata (Buddha) is being taught,
(1) one wishes to listen; (sussūsati)
(2) one lends an ear; (sotaṁ odahati)
(3) one sets one's mind on understanding; (aññā cittaṁupaṭṭhāpeti )
(4) one grasps the meaning; (atthaṁ gaṇhāti)
(5) one discards what is not the meaning; and (anatthaṁ riñcati)
(6) one has adopted a conviction that is in conformity (with the teaching). ,  (anulomikāyakhantiyā samannāgato)
Possessing these six qualities,  
while listening to the good Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course( consisting) in rightness in wholesome qualities." 
 
Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi -  Wisdom publications.
 
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Sadu!. Sadu!!. Sadu!!!.
 

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