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SN 19.17PTS SN 2.2601 min read

A Bad Monk

Pāpabhikkhusutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.17Linked Discourses 19.17
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3PāpabhikkhusuttaA Bad Monk

1.1PTS 2.261“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ bhikkhuṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a monk flying through the air.1.2Tassa saṅghāṭipi ādittā sampajjalitā sajotibhūtā, pattopi āditto sampajjalito sajotibhūto, kāyabandhanampi ādittaṁ sampajjalitaṁ sajotibhūtaṁ, kāyopi āditto sampajjalito sajotibhūto.His outer robe, bowl, belt, and body were burning, blazing, and glowing1.3So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…as he screamed in pain. …” …

1.4eso, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kassapassa sammāsambuddhassa pāvacane pāpabhikkhu ahosi …pe….“That monk used to be a bad monk in the time of Buddha Kassapa’s dispensation. …”1

1.5Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The bad monastics are tormented by the requisites that are the signs of their monastic commitment, offered to them out of faith by the lay community.

    ↩ sn19.17:1.4