Designation of Human Types

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1.4. Grouping of Human Types by Four.

A wicked man, a wicked man of worse type, a good man, a good man of better type.

A sinful man, the sinful man of worse type, the good man, the good man of better type.

A man of sinful propensity, one of worse type, a man of noble disposition, one of better type.PTS vp Pali 6

The blame-worthy, one exceedingly blameful, one hardly blame-worthy, the blameless.

One of quick understanding, one of medium understanding, one of slow understanding, the superficial reader.

One making a correct but not a prompt reply, one making a prompt but not a correct reply, one making a correct and prompt reply, one making neither a correct nor a prompt reply.

Four teachers of the Norm.

Four persons comparable to a cloud.

Four persons comparable to a mouse.

Four persons comparable to the mango.

Four persons comparable to a jar.

Four persons comparable to a pool of water.

Four persons comparable to a bullock.

Four persons comparable to a serpent.

A man speaking in praise of an unworthy man without inquiry and scrutiny. A man speaking in dispraise of a worthy man without inquiry and scrutiny. A man finding delight in an unpleasant or disagreeable thing without inquiry and scrutiny. A man harbouring dislike for a pleasant thing without inquiry and scrutiny.

A man speaking in dispraise of an unworthy man after inquiry and scrutiny. A man speaking in praise of a praise-worthy man after inquiry and scrutiny. A man harbouring dislike for a disagreeable thing after inquiry and scrutiny. A man finding delight in a pleasant thing after inquiry and scrutiny.

A man who speaks in dispraise of an unworthy man expressing the right and just thing at the (right) time but does not speak in praise of the praise-worthy (expressing) the right and the just thing at the (right) time. A man who speaks in praise of a praise-worthy man expressing the right and the just thing at the right time, but does not speak in dispraise of the unworthy expressing the right and the just thing at the right time. A man who speaks in dispraise of one unworthy of praise and in praise of the praise-worthy expressing the right and the just thing at the right moment. A man who neither speaks in dispraise of one unworthy of praise nor in praise of the praise-worthy expressing the right and just thing at the right moment.PTS vp Pali 7

One living on the fruits of his exertion (but) not on the fruits of his (previous) merit. One living on the fruits of his (previous) merit, (but not) on the fruits of his exertion. One living on the fruits of both. One living on the fruits of neither.

One who is in the dark and tends towards darkness. One who is in the dark but tends towards light. One who is in the light and tends towards darkness. One who is in the light and tends towards light.

The depressed and the unprogressive, the depressed but the progressive, the prosperous but the unprogressive, the prosperous as well as the progressive.

Four persons comparable to the tree.

One considering and esteeming the outward form. One considering and esteeming others' words. One considering and esteeming outward austerity. One considering and esteeming the Norm.

A man who strives after his own welfare but not after that of others. A man who strives after other's. welfare but not after his own. A man who strives after his own welfare as well as that of others. A man who strives neither after his own welfare nor after that of others.

A man who is self-mortifying and is engaged in practices tending to self-mortification. A man who torments others and is engaged in practices tending to torment others. A man combining the characteristics of these two types. A man who bears the characteristics of neither of them; such a man neither torturing his own self, nor torturing others, lives a higher life free from desire, calmed, appeased, and happy, in his present existence.

One possessed of passion. One possessed of hatred. One possessed of delusion. One possessed of pride. A man who attains inner tranquillity of mind but not the higher wisdom of insight into things. A man who attains the higher wisdom of insight into things but not inner tranquillity of mind. A man who attains both. A man who attains neither.

A man going along the stream. A man going against the stream. A man remaining stationary. A Brahmin who has crossed the stream and has gone to the other shore and is established in fruition.

A man who does not act up to what little he has learnt. A man who acts up to what little he has learnt. A man who, though very learned, does not act up to his learning. A man who is very learned and acts up to his learning.PTS vp Pali 8

A recluse with a firm footing. A lotus-like recluse. A white-lotus-like recluse. A delicate recluse.

Designation of Human Types, a translation of the Puggalapaññatti by Bimala Charan Law.

Published by the Pali Text Society in 1924. Reprinted 1969, 1979, 1992, 2006.

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