Related:: [[5 Indriya]] # Bala (Power) / Pañca Bala (5 Powers) ![[AN8.27 Paṭhamabalasutta#^8-powers]] ## Jataka > [!NOTE] Bodhisatta on Fools and Wise — In Akittijātaka ([ja480](https://suttacentral.net/ja480/en/sujato)) > “Sakka, the lord of all the world, has offered me a boon. > **May I not see or hear a fool, nor no such dwell with me**, > **Nor hold no converse with a fool, nor like his company.**” > > “What has a fool e’er done to you, O Kassapa, declare! > Come tell me why fools’ company is more than you can bear?” > > ==**“The fool does wickedly, binds loads on him that none should bear**,== > ==**Ill-doing is his good, and he is wroth when spoken fair**,== > ==**Knows not right conduct; this is why I would have no fool there.**”== > > “Fair spoken, Kassapa,” etc. > > “Sakka, the lord of beings all, has offered me a boon. > **Be it mine the wise to see and hear, and may he dwell with me**, > **May I hold converse with the wise, and love his company.**” > > “What has the wise man done to you, O Kassapa, declare! > Why do you wish that where you are, the wise man should be there? > > ==**The wise does well, no burden binds on him that none should bear**,== > ==**Well-doing is his good, nor is he wroth when spoken fair**,== > ==**Knows well right conduct; this is why ’Tis well he should be there.**==” ## Suttas - [[AN8.27 Paṭhamabalasutta]] - Powers of 8 different types of people :) - ja480 Akittijātaka ([link](https://suttacentral.net/ja480/en/sujato)) ([evernote (chinese)](evernote:///view/376587/s5/70cc9a92-7592-4537-8b24-2980a442b7dd/ae04f09e-defa-4ae5-8bea-dcef27a08bd5)) - A Jataka story on why Buddha (Akitti) resolved not to see or talk with fools :)