1.1PTS 2.217“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,1.2sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca.a true person and an even truer person.1.3Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”

1.4“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“Yes, sir,” they replied.1.5Bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said this:

2.1“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?∥“And what is an untrue person?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.It’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.This is called an untrue person.

3.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?And what is an even more untrue person?3.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti;It’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. And they encourage others to do these things.3.3attanā ca adinnādāyī hoti, parañca adinnādāne samādapeti;3.4attanā ca kāmesumicchācārī hoti, parañca kāmesumicchācāre samādapeti;3.5attanā ca musāvādī hoti, parañca musāvāde samādapeti;3.6attanā ca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti, parañca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāne samādapeti.3.7Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.This is called an even more untrue person.

4.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?And what is a true person?4.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.It’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.4.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.This is called a true person.

5.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?And what is an even truer person?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti;It’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. And they encourage others to refrain from these things.5.3attanā ca adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, parañca adinnādānā veramaṇiyā samādapeti;5.4attanā ca kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, parañca kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇiyā samādapeti;5.5attanā ca musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, parañca musāvādā veramaṇiyā samādapeti;5.6attanā ca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti, parañca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇiyā samādapeti.5.7Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.This is called an even truer person.”

5.8Paṭhamaṁ.