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AN 3.110PTS AN 1.2621 min read

Fallen

Byāpannasutta

A simile of a collapsing house.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.110Numbered Discourses 3.110
  • 0.211. Sambodhavagga11. Awakening

0.3ByāpannasuttaFallen

1.1Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:Seated to one side, the Buddha said to the householder Anāthapiṇḍika:

1.2“citte, gahapati, byāpanne kāyakammampi byāpannaṁ hoti, vacīkammampi byāpannaṁ hoti, manokammampi byāpannaṁ hoti.“Householder, when the mind is fallen, bodily, verbal, and mental deeds are fallen.1.3Tassa byāpannakāyakammantassa byāpannavacīkammantassa byāpannamanokammantassa na bhaddakaṁ maraṇaṁ hoti, na bhaddikā kālakiriyā.Someone whose deeds of body, speech, and mind are fallen will not have a good death.1.4Seyyathāpi, gahapati, kūṭāgāre ducchanne kūṭampi byāpannaṁ hoti, gopānasiyopi byāpannā honti, bhittipi byāpannā hoti;It’s like a bungalow with a bad roof. The roof peak, rafters, and walls fall in.1.5evamevaṁ kho, gahapati, citte byāpanne kāyakammampi byāpannaṁ hoti, vacīkammampi byāpannaṁ hoti, manokammampi byāpannaṁ hoti.In the same way, when the mind is fallen, bodily, verbal, and mental deeds are fallen.1.6Tassa byāpannakāyakammantassa byāpannavacīkammantassa byāpannamanokammantassa na bhaddakaṁ maraṇaṁ hoti, na bhaddikā kālakiriyā.Someone whose deeds of body, speech, and mind are fallen will not have a good death.

2.1PTS 1.263Citte, gahapati, abyāpanne kāyakammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti, vacīkammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti, manokammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti.When the mind is not fallen, bodily, verbal, and mental deeds are not fallen.2.2Tassa abyāpannakāyakammantassa abyāpannavacīkammantassa abyāpannamanokammantassa bhaddakaṁ maraṇaṁ hoti, bhaddikā kālakiriyā.Someone whose deeds of body, speech, and mind are not fallen will have a good death.2.3Seyyathāpi, gahapati, kūṭāgāre succhanne kūṭampi abyāpannaṁ hoti, gopānasiyopi abyāpannā honti, bhittipi abyāpannā hoti;It’s like a bungalow with a good roof. The roof peak, rafters, and walls are not fallen in.2.4evamevaṁ kho, gahapati, citte abyāpanne kāyakammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti, vacīkammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti, manokammampi abyāpannaṁ hoti.In the same way, when the mind is not fallen, bodily, verbal, and mental deeds are not fallen.2.5Tassa abyāpannakāyakammantassa …pe… abyāpannamanokammantassa bhaddakaṁ maraṇaṁ hoti, bhaddikā kālakiriyā”ti.Someone whose deeds of body, speech, and mind are not fallen will have a good death.”

2.6Aṭṭhamaṁ.