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AN 5.225PTS AN 3.258Kulūpaka 11 min read

Visiting Families (1st)

Paṭhamakulūpakasutta

A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.225Numbered Discourses 5.225
  • 0.223. Dīghacārikavagga23. Long Wandering

0.3PaṭhamakulūpakasuttaVisiting Families (1st)

1.1PTS 3.259“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā kulūpake.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of visiting families.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Anāmantacāre āpajjati, raho nisajjāya āpajjati, paṭicchanne āsane āpajjati, mātugāmassa uttari chappañcavācāhi dhammaṁ desento āpajjati, kāmasaṅkappabahulo viharati.You fall into an offense for wandering without leave. You fall into an offense for sitting in a private place with someone of the opposite sex. You fall into an offense for sitting in a hidden place with someone of the opposite sex. You fall into an offense for teaching more than five or six sentences to someone of the opposite sex. You have a lot of sensual thoughts.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā kulūpake”ti.These are the five drawbacks of visiting families.”

1.5Pañcamaṁ.