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AN 5.244PTS AN 3.267Manoduccarita 11 min read

Bad Mental Conduct (1st)

Paṭhamamanoduccaritasutta

Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.244Numbered Discourses 5.244
  • 0.225. Duccaritavagga25. Bad Conduct

0.3PaṭhamamanoduccaritasuttaBad Mental Conduct (1st)

1.1PTS 3.268“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā manoduccarite …pe… ānisaṁsā manosucarite.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks in bad mental conduct … benefits in good mental conduct …”1.2Katame pañca?1.3Attāpi attānaṁ na upavadati;1.4anuvicca viññū pasaṁsanti;1.5kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati;1.6asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti;1.7kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.1.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā manosucarite”ti.

1.9Catutthaṁ.