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Temporarily Free (2nd)

Dutiyasamayavimuttasutta

A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.150Numbered Discourses 5.150
  • 0.215. Tikaṇḍakīvagga15. At Tikaṇḍakī

0.3DutiyasamayavimuttasuttaTemporarily Free (2nd)

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.“Mendicants, these five things lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, indriyesu aguttadvāratā, bhojane amattaññutā.They relish work, talk, and sleep. They don’t guard the sense doors and they eat too much.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.

2.1PTS 3.174Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, indriyesu guttadvāratā, bhojane mattaññutā.They don’t relish work, talk, and sleep. They guard the sense doors and they have moderation in eating.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.”

2.5Dasamaṁ.

2.6Tikaṇḍakīvaggo pañcamo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Datvā avajānāti ārabhati ca,3.2Sārandada tikaṇḍa nirayena ca;3.3Mitto asappurisasappurisena,3.4Samayavimuttaṁ apare dveti.

3.5Tatiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.