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Future Perils (3rd)

Tatiyaanāgatabhayasutta

When the teachers and leaders of the Saṅgha are not well practiced, their weakness will be passed down the generations.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.79Numbered Discourses 5.79
  • 0.28. Yodhājīvavagga8. Warriors

0.3TatiyaanāgatabhayasuttaFuture Perils (3rd)

1.1PTS 3.106“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, anāgatabhayāni etarahi asamuppannāni āyatiṁ samuppajjissanti.“Mendicants, these five future perils have not currently arisen, but they will arise in the future.1.2Tāni vo paṭibujjhitabbāni;You should look out for them1.3paṭibujjhitvā ca tesaṁ pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.and try to give them up.

2.1Katamāni pañca?What five?2.2Bhavissanti, bhikkhave, bhikkhū anāgatamaddhānaṁ abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.In a future time there will be mendicants who have not developed their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.2.3Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā aññe upasampādessanti.They will ordain others,2.4Tepi na sakkhissanti vinetuṁ adhisīle adhicitte adhipaññāya.but be unable to guide them in the higher ethics, mind, and wisdom.2.5Tepi bhavissanti abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.They too will not develop their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.2.6Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā aññe upasampādessanti.They too will ordain others,2.7Tepi na sakkhissanti vinetuṁ adhisīle adhicitte adhipaññāya.but be unable to guide them in the higher ethics, mind, and wisdom.2.8Tepi bhavissanti abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.They too will not develop their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.2.9Iti kho, bhikkhave, dhammasandosā vinayasandoso;And that is how corrupt training comes from corrupt teachings,2.10vinayasandosā dhammasandoso.and corrupt teachings come from corrupt training.2.11Idaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ etarahi asamuppannaṁ āyatiṁ samuppajjissati.This is the first future peril that has not currently arisen, but will arise in the future …2.12Taṁ vo paṭibujjhitabbaṁ;2.13paṭibujjhitvā ca tassa pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.

3.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhū anāgatamaddhānaṁ abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.Furthermore, in a future time there will be mendicants who have not developed their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.3.2Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā aññesaṁ nissayaṁ dassanti.They will give dependence to others,3.3Tepi na sakkhissanti vinetuṁ adhisīle adhicitte adhipaññāya.but be unable to guide them in the higher ethics, mind, and wisdom.3.4Tepi bhavissanti abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.They too will not develop their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.3.5Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā aññesaṁ nissayaṁ dassanti.They too will give dependence to others,3.6Tepi na sakkhissanti vinetuṁ adhisīle adhicitte adhipaññāya.but be unable to guide them in the higher ethics, mind, and wisdom.3.7Tepi bhavissanti abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.They too will not develop their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.3.8Iti kho, bhikkhave, dhammasandosā vinayasandoso;And that is how corrupt training comes from corrupt teachings,3.9vinayasandosā dhammasandoso.and corrupt teachings come from corrupt training.3.10Idaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ etarahi asamuppannaṁ āyatiṁ samuppajjissati.This is the second future peril that has not currently arisen, but will arise in the future …3.11Taṁ vo paṭibujjhitabbaṁ;3.12paṭibujjhitvā ca tassa pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.

4.1PTS 3.107Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhū anāgatamaddhānaṁ abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.Furthermore, in a future time there will be mendicants who have not developed their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.4.2Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā abhidhammakathaṁ vedallakathaṁ kathentā kaṇhadhammaṁ okkamamānā na bujjhissanti.In discussion about the teachings and elaborations they’ll fall into dark ideas without realizing it.4.3Iti kho, bhikkhave, dhammasandosā vinayasandoso;And that is how corrupt training comes from corrupt teachings,4.4vinayasandosā dhammasandoso.and corrupt teachings come from corrupt training.4.5Idaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ etarahi asamuppannaṁ āyatiṁ samuppajjissati.This is the third future peril that has not currently arisen, but will arise in the future …4.6Taṁ vo paṭibujjhitabbaṁ;4.7paṭibujjhitvā ca tassa pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.

5.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhū anāgatamaddhānaṁ abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.Furthermore, in a future time there will be mendicants who have not developed their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.5.2Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā ye te suttantā tathāgatabhāsitā gambhīrā gambhīratthā lokuttarā suññatāppaṭisaṁyuttā, tesu bhaññamānesu na sussūsissanti, na sotaṁ odahissanti, na aññā cittaṁ upaṭṭhapessanti, na ca te dhamme uggahetabbaṁ pariyāpuṇitabbaṁ maññissanti.When discourses spoken by the Realized One—deep, profound, transcendent, dealing with emptiness—are being recited they won’t want to listen. They won’t actively listen or try to understand, nor will they think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.5.3Ye pana te suttantā kavitā kāveyyā cittakkharā cittabyañjanā bāhirakā sāvakabhāsitā, tesu bhaññamānesu sussūsissanti, sotaṁ odahissanti, aññā cittaṁ upaṭṭhapessanti, te ca dhamme uggahetabbaṁ pariyāpuṇitabbaṁ maññissanti.But when discourses composed by poets—poetry, with fancy words and phrases, composed by outsiders or spoken by disciples—are being recited they will want to listen. They’ll actively listen and try to understand, and they’ll think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.5.4Iti kho, bhikkhave, dhammasandosā vinayasandoso;And that is how corrupt training comes from corrupt teachings,5.5vinayasandosā dhammasandoso.and corrupt teachings come from corrupt training.5.6Idaṁ, bhikkhave, catutthaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ etarahi asamuppannaṁ āyatiṁ samuppajjissati.This is the fourth future peril that has not currently arisen, but will arise in the future …5.7Taṁ vo paṭibujjhitabbaṁ;5.8paṭibujjhitvā ca tassa pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.

6.1PTS 3.108Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhū anāgatamaddhānaṁ abhāvitakāyā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā.Furthermore, in a future time there will be mendicants who have not developed their physical endurance, ethics, mind, and wisdom.6.2Te abhāvitakāyā samānā abhāvitasīlā abhāvitacittā abhāvitapaññā therā bhikkhū bāhulikā bhavissanti sāthalikā okkamane pubbaṅgamā paviveke nikkhittadhurā, na vīriyaṁ ārabhissanti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.The senior mendicants will be indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion, not rousing energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.6.3Tesaṁ pacchimā janatā diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjissati.Those who come after them will follow their example.6.4Sāpi bhavissati bāhulikā sāthalikā okkamane pubbaṅgamā paviveke nikkhittadhurā, na vīriyaṁ ārabhissati appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.They too will become indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion, not rousing energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.6.5Iti kho, bhikkhave, dhammasandosā vinayasandoso;And that is how corrupt training comes from corrupt teachings,6.6vinayasandosā dhammasandoso.and corrupt teachings come from corrupt training.6.7Idaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ etarahi asamuppannaṁ āyatiṁ samuppajjissati.This is the fifth future peril that has not currently arisen, but will arise in the future …6.8Taṁ vo paṭibujjhitabbaṁ;6.9paṭibujjhitvā ca tassa pahānāya vāyamitabbaṁ.

7.1Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca anāgatabhayāni etarahi asamuppannāni āyatiṁ samuppajjissanti.These are the five future perils that have not currently arisen, but will arise in the future.7.2Tāni vo paṭibujjhitabbāni;You should look out for them,7.3paṭibujjhitvā ca tesaṁ pahānāya vāyamitabban”ti.and try to give them up.”

7.4Navamaṁ.