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Weaknesses in Training and Effort

Sikkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.73Numbered Discourses 9.73
  • 0.28. Sammappadhānavagga8. Right Efforts

0.3SikkhasuttaWeaknesses in Training and Effort

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sikkhādubbalyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Pāṇātipāto …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānaṁ—Killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sikkhādubbalyāni.These are the five weaknesses when you’re training.

2.1Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā.To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop the four right efforts.2.2Katame cattāro?What four?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.2.4uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up.2.5anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise.2.6uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.2.7Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop these four right efforts.”

2.8Paṭhamaṁ.