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A Bad Novice Monk

Pāpasāmaṇerasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.20Linked Discourses 19.20
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3PāpasāmaṇerasuttaA Bad Novice Monk

1.1“Addasaṁ sāmaṇeraṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.“I saw a novice monk flying through the air.1.2Tassa saṅghāṭipi ādittā …pe…His outer robe was burning …” …1

1.3pāpasāmaṇero ahosi …pe….“He used to be a bad novice monk …”

1.4Dasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This seems to be editorial sloppiness, as novices don’t have a saṅghāṭi.

    ↩ sn19.20:1.2