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an2.42:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.42:1.2 What two?
an2.42:1.3 A shallow assembly and a deep assembly.
an2.42:1.4 And what is a shallow assembly?
an2.42:1.5 An assembly where the mendicants are haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, loose-tongued, unmindful, lacking situational awareness and immersion, with straying minds and undisciplined faculties.
an2.42:1.6 This is called a shallow assembly.
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an2.43:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.43:1.2 What two?
an2.43:1.3 A divided assembly and a harmonious assembly.
an2.43:1.4 And what is a divided assembly?
an2.43:1.5 An assembly where the mendicants fight, quarrel, and dispute, continually wounding each other with barbed words.
an2.43:1.6 This is called a divided assembly.
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an2.44:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.44:1.2 What two?
an2.44:1.3 An assembly of the worst and an assembly of the best.
an2.44:1.4 And what is an assembly of the worst?
an2.44:1.5 An assembly where the senior mendicants are indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion, not rousing energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.
an2.44:1.6 Those who come after follow their example.
an2.44:1.7 They too become indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion, not rousing energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.
an2.44:1.8 This is called an assembly of the worst.
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an2.45:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.45:1.2 What two?
an2.45:1.3 An ignoble assembly and a noble assembly.
an2.45:1.4 And what is an ignoble assembly?
an2.45:1.5 An assembly where the mendicants don’t truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.
an2.45:1.6 This is called an ignoble assembly.
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an2.46:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.46:1.2 What two?
an2.46:1.3 An assembly of the dregs and an assembly of the cream.
an2.46:1.4 And what is an assembly of the dregs?
an2.46:1.5 An assembly where the mendicants make decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
an2.46:1.6 This is called an assembly of the dregs.
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an2.47:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.47:1.2 What two?
an2.47:1.3 An assembly educated in fancy talk, not in questioning, and an assembly educated in questioning, not in fancy talk.
an2.47:1.4 And what is an assembly educated in fancy talk, not in questioning?
an2.47:1.5 It is an assembly where, when discourses spoken by the Realized One—deep, profound, transcendent, dealing with emptiness—are being recited the mendicants do not want to listen. They don’t actively listen or try to understand, nor do they think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.
an2.47:1.6 But when discourses composed by poets—poetry, with fancy words and phrases, composed by outsiders or spoken by disciples—are being recited the mendicants do want to listen. They actively listen and try to understand, and they think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing. But when they’ve memorized those teachings they don’t question or examine each other, saying:
an2.47:1.7 ‘Why does it say this? What does that mean?’
an2.47:1.8 So they don’t reveal what is hidden or clarify what is unclear, or dispel doubt regarding the many doubtful matters.
an2.47:1.9 This is called an assembly educated in fancy talk, not in questioning.
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an2.48:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.48:1.2 What two?
an2.48:1.3 An assembly that values things of the flesh, not the true teaching, and an assembly that values the true teaching, not things of the flesh.
an2.48:1.4 And what is an assembly that values things of the flesh, not the true teaching?
an2.48:1.5 It is an assembly where the mendicants praise each other in front of the white-clothed laypeople, saying:
an2.48:1.6 ‘The mendicant so-and-so is freed both ways; so-and-so is freed by wisdom; so-and-so is a direct witness; so-and-so is attained to view; so-and-so is freed by faith; so-and-so is a follower of teachings; so-and-so is a follower by faith; so-and-so is ethical, of good character; so-and-so is unethical, of bad character.’
an2.48:1.7 They thereby acquire material things.
an2.48:1.8 And when they get these things, they use them tied, infatuated, attached, blind to the drawbacks, and not understanding the escape.
an2.48:1.9 This is called an assembly that values things of the flesh, not the true teaching.
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an2.49:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.49:1.2 What two?
an2.49:1.3 An unjust assembly and a just assembly.
an2.49:1.4 And what is an unjust assembly?
an2.49:1.5 An assembly where legal acts against the teaching proceed, while legal acts following the teaching don’t proceed. Legal acts against the training proceed, while legal acts following the training don’t proceed. Legal acts against the teaching are explained, while legal acts following the teaching aren’t explained. Legal acts against the training are explained, while legal acts following the training aren’t explained.
an2.49:1.6 This is called an unjust assembly.
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an2.50:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.50:1.2 What two?
an2.50:1.3 An unprincipled assembly and a principled assembly …
an2.50:1.4 The better of these two assemblies is the principled assembly.”
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an2.51:1.1 “There are, mendicants, these two assemblies.
an2.51:1.2 What two?
an2.51:1.3 An assembly with unprincipled speech, and an assembly with principled speech.
an2.51:1.4 And what is an assembly with unprincipled speech?
an2.51:1.5 It is an assembly where the mendicants take up disciplinary issues, whether legitimate or not.
an2.51:1.6 But they don’t persuade each other or allow themselves to be persuaded, nor do they convince each other or allow themselves to be convinced.
an2.51:1.7 Unable to persuade or convince each other, they can’t let go of their opinions. They obstinately stick to that disciplinary issue, insisting that:
an2.51:1.8 ‘This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’
an2.51:1.9 This is called an assembly with unprincipled speech.