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AN 10.175PTS AN 5.262Parikkamana1 min read

The Bypass

Parikkamanasutta

Through the teaching one may avoid the various kinds of bad deeds.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.175Numbered Discourses 10.175
  • 0.217. Jāṇussoṇivagga17. With Jānussoṇi

0.3ParikkamanasuttaThe Bypass

1.1“Saparikkamano ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano.“Mendicants, this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.1.2Kathañca, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano?And how does this teaching provide a bypass, not lacking a bypass?1.3Pāṇātipātissa, bhikkhave, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Not killing living creatures bypasses killing living creatures.1.4Adinnādāyissa, bhikkhave, adinnādānā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Not stealing bypasses stealing.1.5Kāmesumicchācārissa, bhikkhave, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Refraining from sexual misconduct bypasses sexual misconduct.1.6Musāvādissa, bhikkhave, musāvādā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Not lying bypasses lying.1.7Pisuṇavācassa, bhikkhave, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Refraining from divisive speech bypasses divisive speech.1.8Pharusavācassa, bhikkhave, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Refraining from harsh speech bypasses harsh speech.1.9Samphappalāpissa, bhikkhave, samphappalāpā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.Refraining from talking nonsense bypasses talking nonsense.1.10Abhijjhālussa, bhikkhave, anabhijjhā parikkamanaṁ hoti.Contentment bypasses covetousness.1.11Byāpannacittassa, bhikkhave, abyāpādo parikkamanaṁ hoti.Good will bypasses ill will.1.12Micchādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi parikkamanaṁ hoti.Right view bypasses wrong view.1.13Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano”ti.That’s how this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.”

1.14Navamaṁ.