A Corrupted Mind · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ blessed·onebhagavatā said·perfected·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
here I“Idhāhaṁ,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
a certainekaccaṁ
individualpuggalaṁ
corrupted·mindpaduṭṭhacittaṁ
thusevaṁ
with mindcetasā
mindceto
having comprehendedparicca
I understandpajānāmi:
in this‘imamhi
and·thiscāyaṁ
at timesamaye
individualpuggalo
timekālaṁ
would diekareyya
as deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
even soevaṁ
in hellniraye’.
thatTaṁ
of whatkissa
reasonhetu?
mindCittaṁ
indeed + himhissa,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
corruptedpaduṭṭhaṁ.
mind·corruption·causeCetopadosahetu
indeedkho
thenpana,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
thus here someevam’idhekacce
beingssattā
of bodykāyassa
from break-upbhedā
afterparaṁ
from deathmaraṇā
place of lossapāyaṁ
bad destinationduggatiṁ
underworldvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
are rebornupapajjantī”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, when I’ve comprehended the mind of an individual whose mind is corrupted, I understand: ‘If this individual were to die right now, they would be placed in hell as if delivered there.’ Why is that? Because their mind is corrupted. Corruption of mind is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
corrupted·mind“Paduṭṭhacittaṁ
having knownñatvāna,
a certain oneekaccaṁ
hereidha
personpuggalaṁ;
this·matter·andEtamatthañca
explainedbyākāsi,
the Buddhabuddho
of the mendicantsbhikkhūna
in the presencesantike.
“Knowing an individual’s corrupted mind, the Buddha explained this matter in the mendicants’ presence.
at thisImamhi
and + ifcāyaṁ
at timesamaye,
deathkālaṁ
would makekayirātha
individualpuggalo;
in hellNirayaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
mindcittaṁ
for + hishissa
corruptedpadūsitaṁ.
If that individual were to die at this time, they’d be reborn in hell, for their mind is corrupted.
asYathā
having carried offharitvā
might cast downnikkhipeyya,
just·soevamevaṁ
of such a kindtathāvidho;
mind·corruption·reasonCetopadosahetu
indeedhi,
beingssattā
gogacchanti
to a bad placeduggatin”ti.
That sort is cast down as surely as if they’d been carried off and put there. For corruption of mind is the reason sentient beings go to a bad place.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
the tenthDasamaṁ.
secondDutiyo
sectionvaggo.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
of this + summaryTassuddānaṁ
delusionMoho
angerkodho
and thenatha
hypocrisymakkho,
knowledgeVijjā
cravingtaṇhā
learner·twosekhaduve
andca;
schismBhedo
the harmonious personsāmaggipuggalo,
faction·sayVaggamāhu
as the seconddutiyanti
it is saidvuccatīti.
This is its summary: delusion, anger, and then hypocrisy; knowledge, craving, and the two learners; schism, the harmonious person — they say the faction is the second, it is said.
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