Singalasutta 17.1-3
Siṅgālasutta 17.1-3
- Language
- Pāli
17.1
Catūhi kho, gahapatiputta, ṭhānehi vacīparamo amitto mittapatirūpako veditabbo.
You can recognize a fake friend who’s all talk on four grounds.
17.2
Atītena paṭisantharati, anāgatena paṭisantharati, niratthakena saṅgaṇhāti, paccuppannesu kiccesu byasanaṃ dasseti.
They’re hospitable in the past. They’re hospitable in the future. They’re full of meaningless pleasantries. When something needs doing in the present they point to their own misfortune.
17.3
Imehi kho, gahapatiputta, catūhi ṭhānehi vacīparamo amitto mittapatirūpako veditabbo.
You can recognize a fake friend who’s all talk on these four grounds.
Translations (6)
- Mowa do Siṅgāli — pl
- Наставление Сингале — Russian
- Apie Singalą — lt
- Savet Sigālaki — sr
- Advice to Sigālaka — English
- Die Unterweisung Sigālakas — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (5)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Upāsakajanālaṅkāra — Ānanda (Upāsakajanālaṅkāra), Pāli
- 善生子經 — Classical Chinese
- 尸迦羅越六方禮經 — Classical Chinese