Measuring Up · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo codito codakena codakaṁ paṭippharati, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho pana codito codakena codakaṁ paṭipphareyyaṁ, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘codito codakena codakaṁ nappaṭippharissāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo codito codakena codakaṁ apasādeti, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho pana codito codakena codakaṁ apasādeyyaṁ, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘codito codakena codakaṁ na apasādessāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo codito codakena codakassa paccāropeti, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho pana codito codakena codakassa paccāropeyyaṁ, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘codito codakena codakassa na paccāropessāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ.
‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo codito codakena aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho pana codito codakena aññenaññaṁ paṭicareyyaṁ, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeyyaṁ, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukareyyaṁ, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘codito codakena na aññenaññaṁ paṭicarissāmi, na bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmessāmi, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukarissāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo codito codakena apadāne na sampāyati, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho pana codito codakena apadāne na sampāyeyyaṁ, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘codito codakena apadāne sampāyissāmī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo makkhī paḷāsī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo;
ahañceva kho panassaṁ makkhī paḷāsī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘amakkhī bhavissāmi apaḷāsī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo issukī maccharī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ issukī maccharī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘anissukī bhavissāmi amaccharī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo saṭho māyāvī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ saṭho māyāvī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘asaṭho bhavissāmi amāyāvī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ. ‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo thaddho atimānī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ thaddho atimānī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘atthaddho bhavissāmi anatimānī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ.
‘Yo khvāyaṁ puggalo sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī, ayaṁ me puggalo appiyo amanāpo; ahañceva kho panassaṁ sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī, ahampāssaṁ paresaṁ appiyo amanāpo’ti. Evaṁ jānantenāvuso, bhikkhunā ‘asandiṭṭhiparāmāsī bhavissāmi anādhānaggāhī suppaṭinissaggī’ti cittaṁ uppādetabbaṁ.
‘This individual is attached to their own views, holding them tight and refusing to let go. And I don’t like or approve of this individual. And if I were to be attached to my own views, holding them tight and refusing to let go, others wouldn’t like or approve of me.’ A mendicant who knows this should give rise to the thought: ‘I will not be attached to my own views, holding them tight, but will let them go easily.’
Tatrāvuso, bhikkhunā attanāva attānaṁ evaṁ paccavekkhitabbaṁ: ‘kiṁ nu khomhi pāpiccho, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato’ti? Sace, āvuso, bhikkhu paccavekkhamāno evaṁ jānāti: ‘pāpiccho khomhi, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato’ti, tenāvuso, bhikkhunā tesaṁyeva pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ. Sace panāvuso, bhikkhu paccavekkhamāno evaṁ jānāti: ‘na khomhi pāpiccho, na pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato’ti, tenāvuso, bhikkhunā teneva pītipāmojjena vihātabbaṁ ahorattānusikkhinā kusalesu dhammesu. Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhunā attanāva attānaṁ evaṁ paccavekkhitabbaṁ: ‘kiṁ nu khomhi attukkaṁsako paravambhī’ti? Sace, āvuso, bhikkhu paccavekkhamāno evaṁ jānāti: ‘attukkaṁsako khomhi paravambhī’ti, tenāvuso, bhikkhunā tesaṁyeva pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ. Sace panāvuso, bhikkhu paccavekkhamāno evaṁ jānāti:
In such a case, a mendicant should check themselves like this: ‘Do I have corrupt wishes? Have I fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes?’ Suppose that, upon checking, a mendicant knows that they have fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes. Then they should make an effort to give up those bad, unskillful qualities. But suppose that, upon checking, a mendicant knows that they haven’t fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes. Then they should meditate with rapture and joy, training day and night in skillful qualities. …
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