Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 136

Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta

The Longer Analysis of Deeds · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thatTaṁ of whatkissa is the cause?hetu?
otherwiseAññathā indeedhi, Ānanda,ānanda, of the Realized Onetathāgatassa in the great analysis of deedsmahākammavibhaṅge knowledgeñāṇaṁ ishoti.

in that case, ĀnandaTatrānanda, that whichyvāyaṁ asceticsamaṇo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā says thusevamāha:
there is‘atthi it seemskira, sirbho, goodkalyāṇāni deedskammāni, there isatthi of good conductsucaritassa resultvipāko’ti this for themidamassa I grantanujānāmi;
and whichyampi heso says thusevamāha:
I‘amāhaṁ individualpuggalaṁ I saw — hereaddasaṁ—idha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirataṁ from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirataṁ ……pe… right viewsammādiṭṭhiṁ, of the bodykāyassa after breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā I sawpassāmi in a good destinationsugatiṁ heavenlysaggaṁ worldlokaṁ rebornupapannan’ti this for themidampissa I grantanujānāmi;
but whichyañca indeedkho heso says thusevamāha:
whoever‘yo it seemskira, sirbho, from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ……pe… right viewsammādiṭṭhi, everysabbo oneso of the bodykāyassa after breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā in a good destinationsugatiṁ heavenlysaggaṁ worldlokaṁ is rebornupapajjatī’ti this for themidamassa I do not grantnānujānāmi;
and whichyampi heso says thusevamāha:
those who‘ye thusevaṁ knowjānanti theyte rightlysammā knowjānanti; those whoye otherwiseaññathā knowjānanti, wronglymicchā theirtesaṁ knowledgeñāṇan’ti this for themidampissa I do not grantnānujānāmi;

whatever tooyampi heso whatever indeedyadeva for himtassa by himselfsāmaṁ knownñātaṁ by himselfsāmaṁ seendiṭṭhaṁ by himselfsāmaṁ understoodviditaṁ that indeedtadeva theretattha with firmnessthāmasā with graspingparāmāsā having settled uponabhinivissa he declares:voharati: this indeed‘idameva truth,saccaṁ, anything else is worthlessmoghamaññan’ti this too for himidampissa I do not approve.nānujānāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa cause?hetu?
otherwiseAññathā indeed,hi, Ānanda,ānanda, of the Realized Onetathāgatassa in the great analysis of deedsmahākammavibhaṅge knowledgeñāṇaṁ is.hoti.

there, ĀnandaTatrānanda, this whichyvāyaṁ asceticsamaṇo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā says thusevamāha:
there is not‘natthi it seemskira, sirbho, goodkalyāṇāni deedskammāni, there is notnatthi of good conductsucaritassa resultvipāko’ti this for themidamassa I do not grantnānujānāmi;
and whatyañca indeedkho heso says thusevamāha:
I‘amāhaṁ an individualpuggalaṁ I saw—hereaddasaṁ—idha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirataṁ from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirataṁ ……pe… possessing right viewsammādiṭṭhiṁ, of the bodykāyassa from the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ from deathmaraṇā I seepassāmi a place of lossapāyaṁ a bad destinationduggatiṁ a downfallvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ rebornupapannan’ti this for themidamassa I grantanujānāmi;
and whatyañca indeedkho heso says thusevamāha:
who‘yo it seemskira, sirbho, from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ……pe… possessing right viewsammādiṭṭhi, everysabbo heso of the bodykāyassa from the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ from deathmaraṇā a place of lossapāyaṁ a bad destinationduggatiṁ a downfallvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ is rebornupapajjatī’ti this for themidamassa I do not grantnānujānāmi;
and whatyañca indeedkho heso says thusevamāha: those who‘ye thusevaṁ knowjānanti thosete rightlysammā knowjānanti;
those whoye otherwiseaññathā knowjānanti, wrongmicchā theirtesaṁ notionñāṇan’ti this also for themidampissa I do not grantnānujānāmi;

and whichyampi theyso that sameyadeva of thattassa for themselvessāmaṁ knownñātaṁ for themselvessāmaṁ seendiṭṭhaṁ for themselvessāmaṁ understoodviditaṁ that sametadeva theretattha obstinatelythāmasā by graspingparāmāsā having obstinately stuck toabhinivissa they declarevoharati: this is the only‘idameva truthsaccaṁ, anything else is futilemoghamaññan’ti and thisidampissa I do not grantnānujānāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa is the causehetu?
otherwiseAññathā becausehi, Ānandaānanda, of the Realized Onetathāgatassa in the great analysis of deedsmahākammavibhaṅge knowledgeñāṇaṁ ishoti.

there, Ānanda,Tatrānanda, whichyvāyaṁ personpuggalo hereidha one who kills living creaturespāṇātipātī one who takes what is not givenadinnādāyī …pe……pe… of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi, of the bodykāyassa by breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a place of lossapāyaṁ to a bad placeduggatiṁ to ruinvinipātaṁ to hellnirayaṁ is rebornupapajjati,
previouslypubbe or for himvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ ishoti bad kammapāpakammaṁ to be experienced as painfuldukkhavedanīyaṁ, afterwardspacchā or for himvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ ishoti bad kammapāpakammaṁ to be experienced as painfuldukkhavedanīyaṁ, at the time of deathmaraṇakāle or for himvāssa ishoti wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi undertakensamattā acceptedsamādinnā.
because of thatTena heso of the bodykāyassa by breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a place of lossapāyaṁ to a bad placeduggatiṁ to ruinvinipātaṁ to hellnirayaṁ is rebornupapajjati.
and whichYañca indeedkho heso hereidha one who kills living creaturespāṇātipātī ishoti one who takes what is not givenadinnādāyī ishoti …pe……pe… wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi ishoti of thattassa in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme resultvipākaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti having been rebornupapajja orvā in anotherapare orvā in a subsequent periodpariyāye.

there, Ānanda,Tatrānanda, who thisyvāyaṁ individualpuggalo hereidha killing living creaturespāṇātipātī taking what is not givenadinnādāyī …pe……pe… of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā a good destinationsugatiṁ heavenlysaggaṁ worldlokaṁ is rebornupapajjati,
previouslypubbe or for themvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ ishoti good deedkalyāṇakammaṁ to be experienced as pleasurablesukhavedanīyaṁ, laterpacchā or for themvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ ishoti good deedkalyāṇakammaṁ to be experienced as pleasurablesukhavedanīyaṁ, at the time of deathmaraṇakāle or for themvāssa there ishoti right viewsammādiṭṭhi undertakensamattā undertakensamādinnā.
by thatTena theyso of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā a good destinationsugatiṁ heavenlysaggaṁ worldlokaṁ is rebornupapajjati.
and whatYañca indeedkho theyso hereidha killing living creaturespāṇātipātī ishoti taking what is not givenadinnādāyī ishoti …pe……pe… of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi ishoti of thattassa in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme resultvipākaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti having been rebornupapajja orvā in the nextapare orvā in some subsequent periodpariyāye.

there, ĀnandaTatrānanda, that individualyvāyaṁ individualpuggalo hereidha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ……pe… right viewsammādiṭṭhi, of the bodykāyassa breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā good destinationsugatiṁ heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ is rebornupapajjati,
previouslypubbe or of theirsvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ washoti good deedkalyāṇakammaṁ to be experienced as pleasurablesukhavedanīyaṁ, laterpacchā or of theirsvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ washoti good deedkalyāṇakammaṁ to be experienced as pleasurablesukhavedanīyaṁ, at the time of deathmaraṇakāle or of theirsvāssa there ishoti right viewsammādiṭṭhi undertakensamattā adoptedsamādinnā.
by thatTena theyso of the bodykāyassa breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā good destinationsugatiṁ heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ is rebornupapajjati.
and whatYañca indeedkho theyso hereidha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato ishoti from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ishoti ……pe… right viewsammādiṭṭhi hashoti, of theirstassa in this very lifediṭṭheva in the Dhammadhamme resultvipākaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti having been rebornupapajja orvā in a subsequentapare orvā periodpariyāye.

There, Ānanda,Tatrānanda, whoever thisyvāyaṁ individualpuggalo hereidha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ……pe… had right viewsammādiṭṭhi, of the bodykāyassa with the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a place of lossapāyaṁ a bad placeduggatiṁ the underworldvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ is rebornupapajjati,
previouslypubbe or for themvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ washoti bad deedpāpakammaṁ to be experienced as painfuldukkhavedanīyaṁ, laterpacchā or for themvāssa thattaṁ donekataṁ washoti bad deedpāpakammaṁ to be experienced as painfuldukkhavedanīyaṁ, at the time of deathmaraṇakāle or for themvāssa there washoti wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi undertakensamattā adoptedsamādinnā.
thereforeTena that oneso of the bodykāyassa with the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a place of lossapāyaṁ a bad placeduggatiṁ the underworldvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ is rebornupapajjati.
But whichYañca indeedkho that oneso hereidha from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā refrainedpaṭivirato ishoti, from taking what is not givenadinnādānā refrainedpaṭivirato ishoti ……pe… has right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, of thattassa in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme resultvipākaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti on being rebornupapajja orvā in the nextapare orvā in some subsequent periodpariyāye.

thusIti indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, there isatthi deedkammaṁ ineffectiveabhabbaṁ appearing ineffectiveabhabbābhāsaṁ, there isatthi deedkammaṁ ineffectiveabhabbaṁ appearing effectivebhabbābhāsaṁ, there isatthi deedkammaṁ effective andbhabbañceva and appearing effectivebhabbābhāsañca, there isatthi deedkammaṁ effectivebhabbaṁ appearing ineffective”,abhabbābhāsan”ti.
this saidIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamano venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ approvedabhinandīti.
the Longer Analysis of Deeds DiscourseMahākammavibhaṅgasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ sixthchaṭṭhaṁ.

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