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2.1.6 Cintīsuttaṃ - The Characteristics of Foolish and Wise People

Cintīsuttaṃ	The Characteristics of Foolish and Wise People
“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānāni.	“There are, Bhikkhus, three marks, three signs and three characteristics of a foolish person.
Katamāni tīṇi? Idha, bhikkhave, bāloduccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca.	Which three? Such a fool, Bhikkhus, thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are wrong.
No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca abhavissa dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca, kena naṃ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṃ:	Were it not so, Bhikkhus, that a foolish person thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are wrong, how would a wise person be able to know:
Bālo ayaṃ bhavaṃ asappuriso’ti? Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca,	This is a foolish person, an unworthy person? But because, Bhikkhus, a foolish person thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are wrong,
tasmā naṃ paṇḍitā jānanti– ‘bālo ayaṃ bhavaṃ asappuriso’ti.	therefore a wise person knows: ‘this is a foolish person, an unworthy person!’
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānāni.	These are, Bhikkhus, the three marks, three signs and three characteristics of a foolish person.
Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānāni.	There are, Bhikkhus, three marks, three signs and three characteristics of a wise person.
Katamāni tīṇi? Idha, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca.	Which three? Such a wise person, Bhikkhus, thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are right.
No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca abhavissa subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca, kena naṃ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṃ:	Were it not so, Bhikkhus that wise person thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are right, how would a wise person be able to know:
‘paṇḍito ayaṃ bhavaṃ sappuriso’ti?	‘This is a wise person, a worthy person’?
Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca tasmā naṃ paṇḍitā jānanti:	But because, Bhikkhus, a wise person thinks thoughts, speaks words and performs actions that are right, therefore a wise person knows:
‘paṇḍito ayaṃ bhavaṃ sappuriso’ti.	‘this is a wise person, a worthy person!’
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānāni.	These are, Bhikkhus, the three marks, three signs and three characteristics of a wise person.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo ‘ayaṃ dukkhasamudayo’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.	Therefore, Bhikkhus, make it your obligation to practice each: ‘this is suffering’ ‘this is the arising of suffering’ ‘this is the eradication of suffering’ ‘this is the path that leads to the eradication of suffering’.”