Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
AN 5.241PTS AN 3.267Duccarita 11 min read

Bad Conduct (1st)

Paṭhamaduccaritasutta

Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.241Numbered Discourses 5.241
  • 0.225. Duccaritavagga25. Bad Conduct

0.3PaṭhamaduccaritasuttaBad Conduct (1st)

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā duccarite.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of bad conduct.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Attāpi attānaṁ upavadati;You blame yourself.1.4anuvicca viññū garahanti;After examination, sensible people criticize you.1.5pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati;You get a bad reputation.1.6sammūḷho kālaṁ karoti;You feel lost when you die.1.7kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.And when your body breaks up, after death, you’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.1.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā duccarite.These are the five drawbacks of bad conduct.

2.1Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā sucarite.There are these five benefits of good conduct.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Attāpi attānaṁ na upavadati;You don’t blame yourself.2.4anuvicca viññū pasaṁsanti;After examination, sensible people praise you.2.5kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati;You get a good reputation.2.6asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti;You don’t feel lost when you die.2.7kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.When your body breaks up, after death, you’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.2.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā sucarite”ti.These are the five benefits of good conduct.”

2.9Paṭhamaṁ.