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Purity

Soceyyasutta

Three kinds of cleanliness: bodily, verbal, and mental.

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

  • 0.1Itivuttaka 66So It Was Said 66
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
  • 0.3DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.4SoceyyasuttaPurity

1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, soceyyāni.“Mendicants, there are these three kinds of purity.2.2Katamāni tīṇi?What three?2.3Kāyasoceyyaṁ, vacīsoceyyaṁ, manosoceyyaṁ—Purity of body, speech, and mind.2.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi soceyyānī”ti.These are the three kinds of purity.”

2.5Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.6Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Kāyasuciṁ vacīsuciṁ,“Purity of body, purity of speech,3.2cetosucimanāsavaṁ;and undefiled purity of heart.3.3Suciṁ soceyyasampannaṁ,A pure one, blessed with purity,3.4āhu sabbappahāyinan”ti.has given up everything, they say.”

4.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2Sattamaṁ.