AN 3.131

Paṭicchannasutta

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, paṭicchannāni āvahanti, no vivaṭāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Mātugāmo, bhikkhave, paṭicchanno āvahati, no vivaṭo; brāhmaṇānaṁ, bhikkhave, mantā paṭicchannā āvahanti, no vivaṭā; micchādiṭṭhi, bhikkhave, paṭicchannā āvahati, no vivaṭā. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi paṭicchannāni āvahanti, no vivaṭāni.

Under Cover

“Mendicants, three things are conveyed under cover, not in the open. What three? Ladies are conveyed for marriage with a veil, not unveiled. Hymns of the brahmins are conveyed under cover, not openly. Wrong view is conveyed under cover, not in the open. These three things are conveyed under cover, not in the open.

Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, vivaṭāni virocanti, no paṭicchannāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Candamaṇḍalaṁ, bhikkhave, vivaṭaṁ virocati, no paṭicchannaṁ; sūriyamaṇḍalaṁ, bhikkhave, vivaṭaṁ virocati, no paṭicchannaṁ; tathāgatappavedito dhammavinayo, bhikkhave, vivaṭo virocati, no paṭicchanno. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi vivaṭāni virocanti, no paṭicchannānī”ti.

Three things dazzle in the open, not under cover. What three? The moon dazzles in the open, not under cover. The sun dazzles in the open, not under cover. The teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One dazzle in the open, not under cover. These three things dazzle in the open, not under cover.”