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Itivuttaka 30

Tapanīyasutta

Mortifying · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said·indeed·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.

these two“Dveme, mendicantsbhikkhave, thingsdhammā mortifyingtapanīyā.
whatKatame twodve?
hereIdha, mendicantsbhikkhave, someoneekacco not·done·goodakatakalyāṇo ishoti, who has not done skillfulakatakusalo, who has not done protectingakatabhīruttāṇo, who has done badkatapāpo, who has done violencekataluddo, done·sinkatakibbiso.
heSo not·done‘akataṁ by meme good + quote + tookalyāṇan’tipi is mortifiedtappati, done‘kataṁ by meme bad + quote + toopāpan’tipi is mortifiedtappati.
theseIme indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, twodve thingsdhammā mortifying + quotetapanīyā”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

“These two things, mendicants, are mortifying. What two? It’s when someone hasn’t done good and skillful things that keep them safe, but has done bad things, violence and sin. Thinking, ‘I haven’t done good things’, they’re mortified. Thinking, ‘I have done bad things’, they’re mortified. These are the two things that are mortifying.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

bad bodily conduct“Kāyaduccaritaṁ having donekatvā,
speech·bad conductvacīduccaritāni andca;
mind·bad conductManoduccaritaṁ having donekatvā,
which + otheryañcaññaṁ connected with corruptiondosasañhitaṁ.

“Having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, and whatever else is corrupt;

not·having doneAkatvā goodkusalaṁ deedskammaṁ,
and having donekatvānākusalaṁ badbahuṁ;
of the bodyKāyassa at breaking upbhedā witlessduppañño,
hellnirayaṁ is rebornsopapajjatī”ti.

not having done good deeds, and having done many bad, when their body breaks up, that witless person is reborn in hell.”

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
the thirdTatiyaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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