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AN 5.158 - Timidity Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/an5.158/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Numbered Discourses 5.158 16. The True Teaching Timidity “Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is overcome by timidity. What five? It’s when a mendicant is faithless, unethical, with little learning, lazy, and witless. A mendicant with these five qualities is overcome by timidity. A mendicant with five qualities is self-assured. What five? It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, energetic, and wise. A mendicant with these five qualities is self-assured.”