Having Wrong View · 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.
seen“Diṭṭhā
by memayā,
monksbhikkhave,
beingssattā
by bodily misconductkāyaduccaritena
endowed withsamannāgatā
by verbal misconductvacīduccaritena
endowed withsamannāgatā
by mental misconductmanoduccaritena
endowed withsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
speakers againstupavādakā
wrong-viewedmicchādiṭṭhikā
undertakers of wrong-view kammamicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
at the breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a place of lossapāyaṁ
to a bad destinationduggatiṁ
to ruinvinipātaṁ
to hellnirayaṁ
rebornupapannā.
“Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in misconduct by body, speech, and mind, who denounced the noble ones, who had wrong views and acted accordingly. At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.
thatTaṁ
indeedkho
but Ipanāhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
not from anothernāññassa
asceticsamaṇassa
orvā
brahminbrāhmaṇassa
orvā
having heardsutvā
I sayvadāmi.
seenDiṭṭhā
by memayā,
monksbhikkhave,
beingssattā
endowed with misconduct by bodykāyaduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with misconduct by speechvacīduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with misconduct by mindmanoduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
revilers of the noble onesariyānaṁ
revilersupavādakā
of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikā
undertakers of action based on wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
after breakupbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to the state of lossapāyaṁ
to a bad destinationduggatiṁ
to ruinvinipātaṁ
to hellnirayaṁ
rebornupapannā.
alsoApi
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
whateveryadeva
myselfsāmaṁ
knownñātaṁ
myselfsāmaṁ
seendiṭṭhaṁ
myselfsāmaṁ
realizedviditaṁ
that very thing Itadevāhaṁ
I sayvadāmi.
Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”
seenDiṭṭhā
by memayā,
O monksbhikkhave,
beingssattā
endowed with bodily misconductkāyaduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with verbal misconductvacīduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with mental misconductmanoduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
revilersupavādakā
of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikā
undertakers of wrong-view kammamicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
after breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a state of woeapāyaṁ
to a bad destinationduggatiṁ
to ruinvinipātaṁ
to hellnirayaṁ
have reappearedupapannā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
this hereTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
wrongly“Micchā
mindmanaṁ
having directedpaṇidhāya,
wronglymicchā
and speechvācañca
having spokenbhāsiya;
wrongMicchā
deedskammāni
having donekatvāna,
with bodykāyena
hereidha
personpuggalo.
“When the mind has been misdirected, and words wrongly spoken, and wrong bodily deeds have been done, an individual here
unlearned, doer of bad deedsAppassutāpuññakaro,
though littleappasmiṁ
hereidha
lifejīvite;
of the bodyKāyassa
at the breaking upbhedā
witlessduppañño,
to hellnirayaṁ
he is rebornsopapajjatī”ti.
unlearned, doer of bad deeds, though their life may be short, when their body breaks up, that witless person is reborn in hell.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heard; quotation markersutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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