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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.19 Numbered Discourses 4.19

2. Caravagga 2. Walking

Tatiyaagatisutta Prejudice (3rd)

ā€œCattārimāni, bhikkhave, agatigamanāni. ā€œMendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions.

Katamāni cattāri? What four?

Chandāgatiį¹ gacchati, dosāgatiį¹ gacchati, mohāgatiį¹ gacchati, bhayāgatiį¹ gacchatiā€”Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri agatigamanāni. These are the four ways of making prejudiced decisions.

Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, nāgatigamanāni. There are these four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.

Katamāni cattāri? What four?

Na chandāgatiį¹ gacchati, na dosāgatiį¹ gacchati, na mohāgatiį¹ gacchati, na bhayāgatiį¹ gacchatiā€”Making decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri nāgatigamanānīti. These are the four ways of making unprejudiced decisions.

Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, If you act against the teaching

yo dhammaį¹ ativattati; out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity,

Nihīyati tassa yaso, your fame fades away,

kāįø·apakkheva candimā. like the moon in the waning fortnight.

Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, If you donā€™t act against the teaching

yo dhammaį¹ nātivattati; out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, and stupidity,

Āpūrati tassa yaso, your fame swells,

sukkapakkheva candimāā€ti. like the moon in the waxing fortnight.ā€

Navamaį¹.
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