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Corruptions

Upakkilesasutta

Four things obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t shine and glow and radiate. And four things corrupt mendicants: alcohol, sex, money, wrong livelihood.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.50Numbered Discourses 4.50
  • 0.25. Rohitassavagga5. With Rohitassa

0.3UpakkilesasuttaCorruptions

1.1PTS 2.53“Cattārome, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.“Mendicants, these four corruptions obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Abbhā, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.Stormclouds …2.1Mahikā, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.Fog …3.1Dhūmo rajo, bhikkhave, candimasūriyānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.Smoke …4.1Rāhu, bhikkhave, asurindo candimasūriyānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.An eclipse of Rāhu, lord of titans …4.2Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro candimasūriyānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā candimasūriyā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.These are four corruptions that obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.

5.1Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattārome samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.In the same way, these four things corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.5.2Katame cattāro?What four?

5.3Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā suraṁ pivanti merayaṁ, surāmerayapānā appaṭiviratā.There are some ascetics and brahmins who drink beer and wine, not refraining from drinking beer and wine.5.4Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.This is the first thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

6.1Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevanti, methunasmā dhammā appaṭiviratā.There are some ascetics and brahmins who have sex, not refraining from sex.6.2Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.This is the second thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

7.1Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā jātarūparajataṁ sādiyanti, jātarūparajatapaṭiggahaṇā appaṭiviratā.There are some ascetics and brahmins who accept gold and currency, not refraining from receiving gold and currency.7.2Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.This is the third thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

8.1PTS 2.54Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā micchājīvena jīvanti, micchājīvā appaṭiviratā.There are some ascetics and brahmins who make a living the wrong way, not refraining from wrong livelihood.8.2Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkileso, yena upakkilesena upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocanti.This is the fourth thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

8.3Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhā eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā na tapanti na bhāsanti na virocantīti.These are four things that corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.

9.1Rāgadosaparikkiṭṭhā,Some ascetics and brahmins9.2eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā;are plagued by greed and hate;9.3Avijjānivutā posā,men shrouded by ignorance,9.4piyarūpābhinandino.enjoying things that seem pleasant.

10.1Suraṁ pivanti merayaṁ,Drinking beer and wine,10.2paṭisevanti methunaṁ;having sex,10.3Rajataṁ jātarūpañca,accepting currency and gold:10.4sādiyanti aviddasū;they’re ignorant.10.5Micchājīvena jīvanti,Some ascetics and brahmins10.6eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā.make a living the wrong way.

11.1Ete upakkilesā vuttā,These corruptions were spoken of11.2buddhenādiccabandhunā;by the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun.11.3Yehi upakkilesehi,When corrupted by these,11.4eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā;some ascetics and brahmins11.5Na tapanti na bhāsanti,don’t shine or glow.11.6asuddhā sarajā magā.Impure, dirty creatures,

12.1Andhakārena onaddhā,swathed in darkness,12.2taṇhādāsā sanettikā;bondservants of craving, full of attachments,12.3Vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ,swell the horrors of the charnel ground,12.4ādiyanti punabbhavan”ti.taking up future lives.”

12.5Dasamaṁ.

12.6Rohitassavaggo pañcamo.

13.0Tassuddānaṁ

13.1Samādhipañhā dve kodhā,13.2Rohitassāpare duve;13.3Suvidūravisākhavipallāsā,13.4Upakkilesena te dasāti.

13.5Paṭhamo paṇṇāsako samatto.