A Corrupted Mind · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Idhāhaṁ,
bhikkhave,
ekaccaṁ
puggalaṁ
paduṭṭhacittaṁ
evaṁ
cetasā
ceto
paricca
pajānāmi:
‘imamhi
cāyaṁ
samaye
puggalo
kālaṁ
kareyya
yathābhataṁ
nikkhitto
evaṁ
niraye’.
Taṁ
kissa
hetu?
Cittaṁ
hissa,
bhikkhave,
paduṭṭhaṁ.
Cetopadosahetu
kho
pana,
bhikkhave,
evam’idhekacce
sattā
kāyassa
bhedā
paraṁ
maraṇā
apāyaṁ
duggatiṁ
vinipātaṁ
nirayaṁ
upapajjantī”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“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:
“Paduṭṭhacittaṁ
ñatvāna,
ekaccaṁ
idha
puggalaṁ;
Etamatthañca
byākāsi,
buddho
bhikkhūna
santike.
“Knowing an individual’s corrupted mind, the Buddha explained this matter in the mendicants’ presence.
Imamhi
cāyaṁ
samaye,
kālaṁ
kayirātha
puggalo;
Nirayaṁ
upapajjeyya,
cittaṁ
hissa
padūsitaṁ.
If that individual were to die at this time, they’d be reborn in hell, for their mind is corrupted.
Yathā
haritvā
nikkhipeyya,
evamevaṁ
tathāvidho;
Cetopadosahetu
hi,
sattā
gacchanti
duggatin”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.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Dasamaṁ.
Dutiyo
vaggo.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
Tassuddānaṁ
Moho
kodho
atha
makkho,
Vijjā
taṇhā
sekhaduve
ca;
Bhedo
sāmaggipuggalo,
Vaggamāhu
dutiyanti
vuccatīti.
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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