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Itivuttaka 48

Āpāyikasutta

Bound for Loss · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected One:vuttamarahatāti by meme heard:sutaṁ:

these two“Dveme, mendicantsbhikkhave, bound for a place of lossāpāyikā bound for hellnerayikā if they don’t give up thisidamappahāya.
whatKatame two?dve?
someone whoYo andca unchasteabrahmacārī claims to be chastebrahmacāripaṭiñño, someone whoyo andca completeparipuṇṇaṁ pureparisuddhaṁ chastitybrahmacariyaṁ practicingcarantaṁ with a groundlessamūlakena accusation of unchastityabrahmacariyena makes an accusation againstanuddhaṁseti.
theseIme indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, twodve bound for a place of lossāpāyikā bound for hellnerayikā if they don’t give up this faultidamappahāyā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on this isTatthetaṁ thusiti it is said:vuccati:

one speaking falsehood“Abhūtavādī to hellnirayaṁ goesupeti,
whoYo or alsovāpi having donekatvā notna I dokaromi and I saycāha;
both alsoUbhopi theyte after dyingpecca equalsamā becomebhavanti,
of base deedsNihīnakammā menmanujā in the hereafterparattha.

ocher-neckedKāsāvakaṇṭhā manybahavo,
wicked-naturedpāpadhammā unrestrainedasaññatā;
wickedPāpā by bad deedspāpehi by actionskammehi,
to hellnirayaṁ theyte are rebornupapajjare.

betterSeyyo iron ballayoguḷo eatenbhutto,
scorchingtatto like a burning flameaggisikhūpamo;
ifYañce would eatbhuñjeyya immoraldussīlo,
unrestrainedraṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato”ti.

this tooAyampi matterattho was spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme was heardsutanti.
the eleventhEkādasamaṁ.

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