AN 2.32

4. Samacittavagga 32

“Asappurisabhūmiñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisabhūmiñca. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha. bhāsissāmī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Chapter on the Peaceful Mind 32

“Mendicants, I will teach you the level of the untrue person and the level of the true person. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:

“Katamā ca, bhikkhave, asappurisabhūmi? Asappuriso, bhikkhave, akataññū hoti akatavedī. Asabbhi hetaṁ, bhikkhave, upaññātaṁ yadidaṁ akataññutā akataveditā. Kevalā esā, bhikkhave, asappurisabhūmi yadidaṁ akataññutā akataveditā. (…) Sappuriso ca kho, bhikkhave, kataññū hoti katavedī. Sabbhi hetaṁ, bhikkhave, upaññātaṁ yadidaṁ kataññutā kataveditā. Kevalā esā, bhikkhave, sappurisabhūmi yadidaṁ kataññutā kataveditā”ti.

“What is the level of the untrue person? The untrue person is ungrateful and thankless, for the wicked only know how to be ungrateful and thankless. It is totally the level of an untrue person to be ungrateful and thankless. The true person is grateful and thankful, for the virtuous only know how to be grateful and thankful. It is totally the level of a true person to be grateful and thankful.”