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Fools

Bālavagga

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 2Numbered Discourses 2.98–117

0.210. BālavaggaThe Chapter on Fools

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.“Mendicants, there are two fools.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati.One who carries the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who doesn’t carry the burden of what has come to pass.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.These are the two fools.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.“There are two who are astute.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati.One who doesn’t carry the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who carries the burden of what has come to pass.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.These are the two who are astute.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.“Mendicants, there are two fools.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī.One who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.These are the two fools.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.“There are two who are astute.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī.One who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.These are the two who are astute.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.“Mendicants, there are two fools.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī.One who perceives a non-offense as an offense, and one who perceives an offense as a non-offense.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.These are the two fools.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.“There are two who are astute.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī.One who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives an offense as an offense.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.These are the two who are astute.”

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1.1PTS 1.85“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.“Mendicants, there are two fools.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī.One who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.These are the two fools.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.“There are two who are astute.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī.One who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.These are the two who are astute.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.“Mendicants, there are two fools.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī.One who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.These are the two fools.”

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1.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.“There are two who are astute.1.2Katame dve?What two?1.3Yo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī.One who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.These are the two who are astute.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati.One who is remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who isn’t remorseful over something they should be.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements don’t grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati.One who isn’t remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who is remorseful over something they should be.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī.One who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements don’t grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī.One who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3PTS 1.86Yo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī.One who perceives an offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as an offense.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements don’t grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī.One who perceives an offense as an offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī.One who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements don’t grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī.One who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī.One who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements grow.”

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1.1“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.“For these two, defilements don’t grow.1.2Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?What two?1.3Yo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī.One who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training.1.4Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

1.5Bālavaggo pañcamo.

1.6Dutiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.