an.4.26 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Deceivers

(1) “Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who are deceivers, stubborn, talkers, imposters, haughty, and unconcentrated are not bhikkhus of mine. (2) They have strayed from this Dhamma and discipline, and they do not achieve growth, progress, and maturity in this Dhamma and discipline. (3) But those bhikkhus who are honest, sincere, steadfast, compliant, and well concentrated are bhikkhus of mine. (4) They have not strayed from this Dhamma and discipline, and they achieve growth, progress, and maturity in this Dhamma and discipline.”

Those who are deceivers, stubborn, talkers,
imposters, haughty, unconcentrated,
do not make progress in the Dhamma
that the Perfectly Enlightened One has taught.

But those who are honest and sincere,
steadfast, compliant, and well concentrated,
make progress in the Dhamma
that the Perfectly Enlightened One has taught.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Deceivers

“Mendicants, those mendicants who are deceivers and flatterers, pompous and fake, insolent, and scattered: those mendicants are no followers of mine.
They’ve left this teaching and training, and they don’t achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
But those mendicants who are genuine, not flatterers, wise, amenable, and serene: those mendicants are followers of mine.
They haven’t left this teaching and training, and they achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
Those who are deceivers and flatterers, pompous and fake,
insolent and scattered:
these don’t grow in the teaching
that was taught by the perfected Buddha.
But those who are genuine, not flatterers, wise,
amenable, and serene:
these do grow in the teaching
that was taught by the perfected Buddha.”