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Hurting Yourself

Attabyābādhasutta

Hurting yourself and others.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.17Numbered Discourses 3.17
  • 0.22. Rathakāravagga2. The Chariot-Maker

0.3AttabyābādhasuttaHurting Yourself

1.1“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā attabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, parabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti.“These three things, mendicants, lead to hurting yourself, hurting others, and hurting both.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Kāyaduccaritaṁ, vacīduccaritaṁ, manoduccaritaṁ.Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.

1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā attabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, parabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti.These are three things that lead to hurting yourself, hurting others, and hurting both.

2.1Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā nevattabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, na parabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, na ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti.These three things, mendicants, don’t lead to hurting yourself, hurting others, or hurting both.2.2Katame tayo?What three?2.3Kāyasucaritaṁ, vacīsucaritaṁ, manosucaritaṁ.Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.

2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā nevattabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, na parabyābādhāyapi saṁvattanti, na ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṁvattantī”ti.These are three things that don’t lead to hurting yourself, hurting others, or hurting both.”

2.5Sattamaṁ.