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AN 4.18PTS AN 2.18Agati 21 min read

Prejudice (2nd)

Dutiyaagatisutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.18Numbered Discourses 4.18
  • 0.22. Caravagga2. Walking

0.3DutiyaagatisuttaPrejudice (2nd)

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, nāgatigamanāni.“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Na chandāgatiṁ gacchati, na dosāgatiṁ gacchati, na mohāgatiṁ gacchati, na bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—Making decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri nāgatigamanānīti.These are the four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.

2.1Chandā dosā bhayā mohā,If you don’t act against the teaching2.2yo dhammaṁ nātivattati;out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, and stupidity,2.3Āpūrati tassa yaso,your fame swells,2.4sukkapakkheva candimā”ti.like the moon in the waxing fortnight.”

2.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.