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AN 4.17PTS AN 2.18Agati 11 min read

Prejudice (1st)

Paṭhamaagatisutta

Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.17Numbered Discourses 4.17
  • 0.22. Caravagga2. Walking

0.3PaṭhamaagatisuttaPrejudice (1st)

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, agatigamanāni.“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Chandāgatiṁ gacchati, dosāgatiṁ gacchati, mohāgatiṁ gacchati, bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri agatigamanānīti.These are the four ways of making prejudiced decisions.

2.1Chandā dosā bhayā mohā,If you act against the teaching2.2yo dhammaṁ ativattati;out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity,2.3Nihīyati tassa yaso,your fame fades away,2.4kāḷapakkheva candimā”ti.like the moon in the waning fortnight.”

2.5Sattamaṁ.