an8.15:1.1 “Mendicants, there are these eight stains.
an8.15:1.2 What eight?
an8.15:1.3 Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns.
an8.15:1.4 Neglect is the stain of houses.
an8.15:1.5 Laziness is the stain of beauty.
an8.15:1.6 Negligence is a guard’s stain.
an8.15:1.7 Misconduct is a woman’s stain.
an8.15:1.8 Stinginess is a giver’s stain.
an8.15:1.9 Bad, unskillful qualities are a stain in this world and the next.
an8.15:1.10 Worse than any of these is ignorance, the worst stain of all.
an8.15:1.11 These are the eight stains.
