{"id":"an4.6","title":"A Little Learning","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.6","title":"A Little Learning","units":[{"id":"an4.6:0","sourceIds":["an4.6:0.1","an4.6:0.2","an4.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.6\n1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga\nAppassutasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.6\n1. At Wares Village\nA Little Learning"}},{"id":"an4.6:1","sourceIds":["an4.6:1.1","an4.6:1.2","an4.6:1.3","an4.6:1.4","an4.6:1.5","an4.6:1.6","an4.6:1.7","an4.6:1.8","an4.6:1.9","an4.6:1.10","an4.6:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame cattāro?\nAppassuto sutena anupapanno,\nappassuto sutena upapanno,\nbahussuto sutena anupapanno,\nbahussuto sutena upapanno.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo appassuto hoti sutena anupapanno?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa appakaṁ sutaṁ hoti—\nsuttaṁ geyyaṁ veyyākaraṇaṁ gāthā udānaṁ itivuttakaṁ jātakaṁ abbhutadhammaṁ vedallaṁ.\nSo tassa appakassa sutassa na atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammappaṭipanno hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo appassuto hoti sutena anupapanno.","en":"“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.\nWhat four? They may have:\nLittle learning and not get the point of learning.\nLittle learning but get the point of learning.\nMuch learning but not get the point of learning.\nMuch learning and get the point of learning.\nAnd how has an individual learned little and not got the point of learning?\nIt’s when an individual has learned little of the\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nAnd with the little they’ve learned, they understand neither the meaning nor the teaching, nor do they practice in line with the teaching.\nThat’s how an individual has learned little and not got the point of learning."}},{"id":"an4.6:2","sourceIds":["an4.6:2.1","an4.6:2.2","an4.6:2.3","an4.6:2.4","an4.6:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo appassuto hoti sutena upapanno?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa appakaṁ sutaṁ hoti—\nsuttaṁ geyyaṁ veyyākaraṇaṁ gāthā udānaṁ itivuttakaṁ jātakaṁ abbhutadhammaṁ vedallaṁ.\nSo tassa appakassa sutassa atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammappaṭipanno hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo appassuto hoti sutena upapanno.","en":"And how has an individual learned little but has got the point of learning?\nIt’s when an individual has learned little of the\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nBut with the little they’ve learned, they understand the meaning and the teaching, and they practice in line with the teaching.\nThat’s how an individual has learned little but has got the point of learning."}},{"id":"an4.6:3","sourceIds":["an4.6:3.1","an4.6:3.2","an4.6:3.3","an4.6:3.4","an4.6:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo bahussuto hoti sutena anupapanno?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa bahukaṁ sutaṁ hoti—\nsuttaṁ geyyaṁ veyyākaraṇaṁ gāthā udānaṁ itivuttakaṁ jātakaṁ abbhutadhammaṁ vedallaṁ.\nSo tassa bahukassa sutassa na atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammappaṭipanno hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo bahussuto hoti sutena anupapanno.","en":"And how has an individual learned much but hasn’t got the point of learning?\nIt’s when an individual has learned much of the\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nBut even though they’ve learned much, they understand neither the meaning nor the teaching, nor do they practice in line with the teaching.\nThat’s how an individual has learned much but hasn’t got the point of learning."}},{"id":"an4.6:4","sourceIds":["an4.6:4.1","an4.6:4.2","an4.6:4.3","an4.6:4.4","an4.6:4.5","an4.6:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo bahussuto hoti sutena upapanno?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa bahukaṁ sutaṁ hoti—\nsuttaṁ geyyaṁ veyyākaraṇaṁ gāthā udānaṁ itivuttakaṁ jātakaṁ abbhutadhammaṁ vedallaṁ.\nSo tassa bahukassa sutassa atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammappaṭipanno hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo bahussuto hoti sutena upapanno.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.","en":"And how has an individual learned much and has got the point of learning?\nIt’s when an individual has learned much of the\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nAnd with the large amount they’ve learned, they understand the meaning and the teaching, and they practice in line with the teaching.\nThat’s how an individual has learned much and has got the point of learning.\nThese are the four individuals found in the world."}},{"id":"an4.6:5","sourceIds":["an4.6:5.1","an4.6:5.2","an4.6:5.3","an4.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appassutopi ce hoti,\nsīlesu asamāhito;\nUbhayena naṁ garahanti,\nsīlato ca sutena ca.","en":"If you don’t learn much,\nand aren’t steady in ethics,\nthey’ll criticize you on both counts,\nfor your ethics and your learning."}},{"id":"an4.6:6","sourceIds":["an4.6:6.1","an4.6:6.2","an4.6:6.3","an4.6:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appassutopi ce hoti,\nsīlesu susamāhito;\nSīlato naṁ pasaṁsanti,\ntassa sampajjate sutaṁ.","en":"If you don’t learn much,\nand you are steady in ethics,\nthey’ll praise your ethical conduct,\nsince your learning has succeeded."}},{"id":"an4.6:7","sourceIds":["an4.6:7.1","an4.6:7.2","an4.6:7.3","an4.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahussutopi ce hoti,\nsīlesu asamāhito;\nSīlato naṁ garahanti,\nnāssa sampajjate sutaṁ.","en":"If you learn much,\nbut aren’t steady in ethics,\nthey’ll criticize your ethical conduct,\nfor your learning hasn’t succeeded."}},{"id":"an4.6:8","sourceIds":["an4.6:8.1","an4.6:8.2","an4.6:8.3","an4.6:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahussutopi ce hoti,\nsīlesu susamāhito;\nUbhayena naṁ pasaṁsanti,\nsīlato ca sutena ca.","en":"If you learn much,\nand you are steady in ethics,\nthey’ll praise you on both counts,\nfor your ethics and your learning."}},{"id":"an4.6:9","sourceIds":["an4.6:9.1","an4.6:9.2","an4.6:9.3","an4.6:9.4","an4.6:9.5","an4.6:9.6","an4.6:9.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahussutaṁ dhammadharaṁ,\nsappaññaṁ buddhasāvakaṁ;\nNekkhaṁ jambonadasseva,\nko taṁ ninditumarahati;\nDevāpi naṁ pasaṁsanti,\nbrahmunāpi pasaṁsito”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"A wise disciple of the Buddha\nwho is learned and has memorized the teachings;\nlike a pendant of Black Plum River gold,\nwho is worthy to criticize them?\nEven the gods praise them,\nand by the Divinity, too, they’re praised.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.6/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}