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AN 4.65PTS AN 2.71Rūpa1 min read

Appearance

Rūpasutta

Estimating others based on appearance, voice, austerity, and principle.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.65Numbered Discourses 4.65
  • 0.27. Pattakammavagga7. Fitting Deeds

0.3RūpasuttaAppearance

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Rūpappamāṇo rūpappasanno, ghosappamāṇo ghosappasanno, lūkhappamāṇo lūkhappasanno, dhammappamāṇo dhammappasanno—There are those whose estimation of and confidence in others is based on their appearance, on their voice, on their mortification, and on principle.

1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.These are the four individuals found in the world.

2.1Ye ca rūpe pamāṇiṁsu,Those who judge on appearance,2.2ye ca ghosena anvagū;and those swayed by a voice,2.3Chandarāgavasūpetā,are full of desire and greed;2.4nābhijānanti te janā.those people just don’t understand.

3.1Ajjhattañca na jānāti,Not knowing what’s inside,3.2bahiddhā ca na passati;nor seeing what’s outside,3.3Samantāvaraṇo bālo,the fool shut in on every side,3.4sa ve ghosena vuyhati.gets carried away by a voice.

4.1Ajjhattañca na jānāti,Not knowing what’s inside,4.2bahiddhā ca vipassati;but discerning what’s outside,4.3Bahiddhā phaladassāvī,seeing the fruit outside,4.4sopi ghosena vuyhati.they’re also carried away by a voice.

5.1Ajjhattañca pajānāti,Understanding what’s inside,5.2bahiddhā ca vipassati;and discerning what’s outside,5.3Vinīvaraṇadassāvī,seeing without hindrances,5.4na so ghosena vuyhatī”ti.they don’t get carried away by a voice.”

5.5Pañcamaṁ.