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Visiting Families (2nd)

Dutiyakulūpakasutta

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 5.226Numbered Discourses 5.226
  • 0.223. Dīghacārikavagga23. Long Wandering

0.3DutiyakulūpakasuttaVisiting Families (2nd)

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā kulūpakassa bhikkhuno ativelaṁ kulesu saṁsaṭṭhassa viharato.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks for a mendicant who visits families for too long, mixing closely with them.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Mātugāmassa abhiṇhadassanaṁ,You often see members of the opposite sex.1.4dassane sati saṁsaggo,Seeing them, you become close.1.5saṁsagge sati vissāso,Being so close, you become familiar.1.6vissāse sati otāro,Being familiar, lust overcomes you.1.7otiṇṇacittassetaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ: ‘anabhirato vā brahmacariyaṁ carissati aññataraṁ vā saṅkiliṭṭhaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjissati sikkhaṁ vā paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissati’.When your mind is swamped by lust, you can expect that you will lead the spiritual life dissatisfied, or commit one of the corrupt offenses, or resign the training and return to a lesser life.1.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā kulūpakassa bhikkhuno ativelaṁ kulesu saṁsaṭṭhassa viharato”ti.These are the five drawbacks for a mendicant who visits families for too long, mixing closely with them.”

1.9Chaṭṭhaṁ.