Measuring Up · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu na kodhano hoti na kodhasāmantā vācaṁ nicchāretā. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu na kodhano hoti na kodhasāmantā vācaṁ nicchāretā— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakaṁ nappaṭippharati. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakaṁ nappaṭippharati— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakaṁ na apasādeti. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakaṁ na apasādeti— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakassa na paccāropeti. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena codakassa na paccāropeti— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena na aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, na bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti.
Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena na aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, na bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena apadāne sampāyati. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu codito codakena apadāne sampāyati— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu amakkhī hoti apaḷāsī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu amakkhī hoti apaḷāsī— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu anissukī hoti amaccharī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu anissukī hoti amaccharī— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu asaṭho hoti amāyāvī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu asaṭho hoti amāyāvī— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu atthaddho hoti anatimānī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu atthaddho hoti anatimānī— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo.
Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu asandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti anādhānaggāhī suppaṭinissaggī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu asandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti, anādhānaggāhī suppaṭinissaggī— ayampi dhammo sovacassakaraṇo. Ime vuccantāvuso, sovacassakaraṇā dhammā.
Furthermore, a mendicant isn’t attached to their own views, not holding them tight, but letting them go easily. These are the qualities that make them easy to admonish.
Tatrāvuso, bhikkhunā attanāva attānaṁ evaṁ anuminitabbaṁ: ‘yo khvāyaṁ puggalo pāpiccho, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ pāpiccho pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘na pāpiccho bhavissāmi, na pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo attukkaṁsako paravambhī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ attukkaṁsako paravambhī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘anattukkaṁsako bhavissāmi aparavambhī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo kodhano kodhābhibhūto, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo. Ahañceva kho panassaṁ kodhano kodhābhibhūto, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘na kodhano bhavissāmi na kodhābhibhūto’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ.
In such a case, a mendicant should measure themselves like this. ‘This individual has corrupt wishes, having fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes. And I don’t like or approve of this individual. And if I were to fall under the sway of corrupt wishes, others wouldn’t like or approve of me.’ A mendicant who knows this should give rise to the thought: ‘I will not fall under the sway of corrupt wishes.’ …
‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo kodhano kodhahetu upanāhī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ kodhano kodhahetu upanāhī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘na kodhano bhavissāmi na kodhahetu upanāhī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo kodhano kodhahetu abhisaṅgī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ kodhano kodhahetu abhisaṅgī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘na kodhano bhavissāmi na kodhahetu abhisaṅgī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo kodhano kodhasāmantā vācaṁ nicchāretā, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ kodhano kodhasāmantā vācaṁ nicchāretā, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘na kodhano bhavissāmi na kodhasāmantā vācaṁ nicchāressāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ.
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