# Sapurisa (True/Good Person) ## A Good Person does not [[Mannati|Consider]] anything! ![[Mannati#^yena-yena-mannati]] > [!warning] A good person do NOT =="Consider" Anything==! — In Sappurisasutta ([MN118](https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/sujato)) > Furthermore, take a true person who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end. > > _Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, sappuriso sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati. Paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti._ > > This is a mendicant who **==does not conceive with anything==**, does **not ==conceive regarding anything==**, does **not ==conceive through anything==**.” > > _Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu **==na kiñci maññati==**, **==na kuhiñci maññati==**, **==na kenaci maññatī==**”ti._ > > > [!tldr] Meaning of _"na kiñci maññati, na kuhiñci maññati, na kenaci maññatī"_ (by ChatGPT) > > 1. He does **not mentally construct or cling to phenomena** (“not conceiving anything”). > > 2. He does **not locate a self in any place** or experience (“not conceiving anywhere”). > > 3. He does **not relate to things as ‘I am this’, ‘this is mine’, or ‘this is me’** (“not conceiving in relation to anything”). ^do-not-consider ## First factor to help reaching Sōtapanna ![[SN55.5 Dutiyasāriputtasutta#^4-factors]] ## Qualities of a Good person ![[Gratitude#^grateful]] ## Suttas - MN113 Sappurisasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn113/en/sujato)) - True person don't pride themselves by "worldly" attainments - AN2.32-41 Samacittavagga ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an2.32-41/en/sujato)) - Giving by Sappurisa - AN8.37 Sappurisadānasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an8.37/en/sujato)) - AN8.38 Sappurisasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an8.38/en/sujato)) - Sappurisa is born for the welfare of others