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AN 5.130PTS AN 3.147Byasana1 min read

Loss

Byasanasutta

Worldly or moral losses and their consequences.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.130Numbered Discourses 5.130
  • 0.213. Gilānavagga13. Sick

0.3ByasanasuttaLoss

1.1PTS 3.147“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, byasanāni.“Mendicants, there are these five losses.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Ñātibyasanaṁ, bhogabyasanaṁ, rogabyasanaṁ, sīlabyasanaṁ, diṭṭhibyasanaṁ.Loss of relatives, wealth, health, ethics, and view.1.4Na, bhikkhave, sattā ñātibyasanahetu vā bhogabyasanahetu vā rogabyasanahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjanti.It is not because of loss of relatives, wealth, or health that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.1.5Sīlabyasanahetu vā, bhikkhave, sattā diṭṭhibyasanahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjanti.It is because of loss of ethics or view that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.1.6Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca byasanāni.These are the five losses.

2.1Pañcimā, bhikkhave, sampadā.There are these five endowments.2.2Katamā pañca?What five?2.3Ñātisampadā, bhogasampadā, ārogyasampadā, sīlasampadā, diṭṭhisampadā.Endowment with relatives, wealth, health, ethics, and view.2.4Na, bhikkhave, sattā ñātisampadāhetu vā bhogasampadāhetu vā ārogyasampadāhetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti.It is not because of endowment with relatives, wealth, or health that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.2.5Sīlasampadāhetu vā, bhikkhave, sattā diṭṭhisampadāhetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti.It is because of endowment with ethics or view that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.2.6Imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca sampadā”ti.These are the five endowments.”

2.7Dasamaṁ.

2.8Gilānavaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Gilāno satisūpaṭṭhi,3.2Dve upaṭṭhākā duvāyusā;3.3Vapakāsasamaṇasukhā,3.4Parikuppaṁ byasanena cāti.