dn25:12.1 Furthermore, a mortifier disagrees with the way that the Realized One or their disciple teaches Dhamma, even when they make a valid point.
dn25:12.2 This too is a defect in that mortifier.
dn25:12.3 Furthermore, a mortifier is irritable and acrimonious …
dn25:12.6 offensive and contemptuous …
dn25:12.7 jealous and stingy …
dn25:12.8 devious and deceitful …
dn25:12.9 obstinate and arrogant …
dn25:12.10 they have corrupt wishes, falling under the sway of corrupt wishes …
dn25:12.11 they have wrong view, being attached to an extremist view …
dn25:12.12 they’re attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go.
dn25:12.14 This too is a defect in that mortifier.
dn25:12.15 What do you think, Nigrodha?
dn25:12.16 Are such mortifications defective or not?”
dn25:12.17 “Clearly, sir, they’re defective.
dn25:12.18 It’s possible that a mortifier might have all of these defects,
dn25:12.19 let alone one or other of them.”

