Ethics (2nd) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā was said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme was heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
with two“Dvīhi,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
qualitiesdhammehi
endowedsamannāgato
an individualpuggalo
as if deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
thusevaṁ
in heavensagge.
with whichKatamehi
twodvīhi?
with excellentBhaddakena
andca
conductsīlena,
with excellentbhaddikāya
andca
viewdiṭṭhiyā.
with theseImehi
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
twodvīhi
qualitiesdhammehi
endowedsamannāgato
an individualpuggalo
as if deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
thusevaṁ
in heavensagge”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
quotation markeriti
it is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, an individual with two qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What two? Excellent conduct and excellent view. An individual with these two qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
with excellent“Bhaddakena
andca
with conductsīlena,
with excellentbhaddikāya
andca
with viewsdiṭṭhiyā;
with theseEtehi
with twodvīhi
with qualitiesdhammehi,
whoyo
possessedsamannāgato
personnaro;
of the bodyKāyassa
with breaking upbhedā
wisesappañño,
to heavensaggaṁ
that oneso
is rebornupapajjatī”ti.
“If a person possesses these two qualities— excellent conduct and excellent views— when their body breaks up, that wise person is reborn in heaven.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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