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Sutta PiṭakaSnp 2.6

Sutta Piṭaka

Snp 2.6

Kapilasutta (dhammacariyasutta)

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A Righteous Life

A righteous life, a spiritual life, they call this the supreme treasure. But if someone goes forth from the lay life to homelessness

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who is of scurrilous character, a beast and a bully, their life gets worse, as poison grows inside them.

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A mendicant who loves to quarrel, wrapped in delusion, doesn’t even know what’s been explained in the Dhamma taught by the Buddha.

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Harassing those who are evolved, governed by ignorance, they don’t know that corruption is the path that leads to hell.

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Entering the underworld, passing from womb to womb, from darkness to darkness, such a mendicant falls into suffering after death.

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One such as that is like a sewer brimful with years of filth for it’s hard to clean one full of grime.

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Mendicants, knowing that someone is like this, attached to the domestic life, of corrupt wishes and wicked intent, of bad behavior and alms-resort,

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then having gathered in harmony, you should expel them. Throw out the trash! Get rid of the rubbish!

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And sweep away the scraps— they’re not ascetics, they just think they are. When you’ve thrown out those of corrupt wishes, of bad behavior and alms-resort,

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dwell in communion, ever mindful, the pure with the pure. Then in harmony, alert, you’ll make an end of suffering.

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Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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