Lying · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected One·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
one·thing“Ekadhammaṁ
of one who has transgressedatītassa,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
person·individualpurisapuggalassa
not·Ināhaṁ
of himtassa
anykiñci
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
not·to be doneakaraṇīyanti
I sayvadāmi.
whatKatamaṁ
one·thingekadhammaṁ?
which·thisYadidaṁ,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
deliberate·lie·quotationsampajānamusāvādo”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on this·thisTatthetaṁ
indeediti
it is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, for an individual person who transgresses in one thing, there is no bad deed they would not do, I say. What one thing? It is this: telling a deliberate lie.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
one thing“Ekadhammaṁ
of one who has transgressedatītassa,
false·speakmusāvādissa
of a personjantuno;
who has spurned the other worldVitiṇṇaparalokassa,
there is notnatthi
evilpāpaṁ
not·doakāriyan”ti.
“When a personage, spurning the hereafter, transgresses in just one thing— lying— there is no evil they would not do.”
this·alsoAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
the fifthPañcamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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