Mortifying · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti 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
who has not done goodakatakalyāṇo
ishoti,
who has not done skillfulakatakusalo,
who has not done protectingakatabhīruttāṇo,
who has done badkatapāpo,
who has done violencekataluddo,
who has done sinkatakibbiso.
heSo
not done‘akataṁ
by meme
goodkalyāṇan’tipi
is mortifiedtappati,
done‘kataṁ
by meme
badpāpan’tipi
is mortifiedtappati.
theseIme
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
twodve
thingsdhammā
mortifyingtapanīyā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
on 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,
bad verbal conductvacīduccaritāni
andca;
bad mental conductManoduccaritaṁ
having donekatvā,
and whatever elseyañcaññaṁ
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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