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AN 6.15PTS AN 3.294Anutappiya1 min read

Regret

Anutappiyasutta

A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time dies without regret.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.15Numbered Discourses 6.15
  • 0.22. Sāraṇīyavagga2. Warm-hearted

0.3AnutappiyasuttaRegret

1.1Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:

1.2“tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti.“As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets.1.3Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti?And how do they die tormented by regrets?

2.1Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kammārāmo hoti kammarato kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, bhassārāmo hoti …Take a mendicant who relishes work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They love these things and like to relish them.2.2niddārāmo hoti …2.3saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti …2.4saṁsaggārāmo hoti …2.5papañcārāmo hoti papañcarato papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto.2.6Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti.A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets.2.7Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso:This is called2.8‘bhikkhu sakkāyābhirato nappajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāya’.a mendicant who enjoys substantial reality, who hasn’t given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering.

3.1Tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti.As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die free of regrets.3.2Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti?And how do they die free of regrets?

4.1PTS 3.295Idhāvuso, bhikkhu na kammārāmo hoti na kammarato na kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, na bhassārāmo hoti …Take a mendicant who doesn’t relish work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They don’t love these things or like to relish them.4.2na niddārāmo hoti …4.3na saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti …4.4na saṁsaggārāmo hoti …4.5na papañcārāmo hoti na papañcarato na papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto.4.6Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti.A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die free of regrets.4.7Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso:This is called4.8‘bhikkhu nibbānābhirato pajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā’ti.a mendicant who delights in extinguishment, who has given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering.

5.1Yo papañcamanuyutto,A beast who likes to proliferate,5.2papañcābhirato mago;enjoying proliferation,5.3Virādhayī so nibbānaṁ,fails to win extinguishment,5.4yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.

6.1Yo ca papañcaṁ hitvāna,But one who gives up proliferation,6.2nippapañcapade rato;enjoying the state of non-proliferation,6.3Ārādhayī so nibbānaṁ,wins extinguishment,6.4yogakkhemaṁ anuttaran”ti.the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.”

6.5Pañcamaṁ.