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Fallen

Papatitasutta

Without morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom, one has fallen from the teaching.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.2Numbered Discourses 4.2
  • 0.21. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga1. At Wares Village

0.3PapatitasuttaFallen

1.1“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.“Someone without four things is said to have ‘fallen from this teaching and training’.1.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?1.3Ariyena, bhikkhave, sīlena asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.Noble ethics,1.4Ariyena, bhikkhave, samādhinā asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.immersion,1.5Ariyāya, bhikkhave, paññāya asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.wisdom,1.6Ariyāya, bhikkhave, vimuttiyā asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.and freedom.1.7Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi asamannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā papatito’ti vuccati.Someone without these four things is said to have ‘fallen from this teaching and training’.

2.1Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccati.Someone with four things is said to be ‘secure in this teaching and training’.2.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?2.3Ariyena, bhikkhave, sīlena samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccati.Noble ethics,2.4Ariyena, bhikkhave, samādhinā samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccati.immersion,2.5Ariyāya, bhikkhave, paññāya samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccati.wisdom,2.6Ariyāya, bhikkhave, vimuttiyā samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccati.and freedom.2.7Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ‘imasmā dhammavinayā apapatito’ti vuccatīti.Someone with these four things is said to be ‘secure in this teaching and training’.

3.1Cutā patanti patitā,They fall, collapsed and fallen;3.2giddhā ca punarāgatā;greedy, they return.3.3Kataṁ kiccaṁ rataṁ rammaṁ,The work is done, the joyful is enjoyed,3.4sukhenānvāgataṁ sukhan”ti.happiness is found through happiness.”

3.5Dutiyaṁ.