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an.5.84 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Faithless

“Mendicants, a senior mendicant with five qualities is unlikable and unlovable to their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
What five?
They’re faithless, shameless, imprudent, lazy, and witless.
A senior mendicant with these five qualities is unlikable and unlovable to their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
A senior mendicant with five qualities is dear and beloved to their spiritual companions, respected and admired.
What five?
They’re faithful, conscientious, prudent, energetic, and wise.
A senior mendicant with these five qualities is dear and beloved to their spiritual companions, respected and admired.”