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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 47.47 Linked Discourses 47.47
5. Amatavagga 5. Freedom From Death
Duccaritasutta Bad Conduct
Atha kho aƱƱataro bhikkhu yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami ā¦peā¦ Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha ā¦ and said:
āsÄdhu me, bhante, bhagavÄ saį¹
khittena dhammaį¹ desetu, yamahaį¹ bhagavato dhammaį¹ sutvÄ eko vÅ«pakaį¹į¹ho appamatto ÄtÄpÄ« pahitatto vihareyyanāti. āSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When Iāve heard it, Iāll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.ā
āTasmÄtiha tvaį¹, bhikkhu, Ädimeva visodhehi kusalesu dhammesu. āWell then, mendicant, you should purify the starting point of skillful qualities.
Ko cÄdi kusalÄnaį¹ dhammÄnaį¹? What is the beginning of skillful qualities?
Idha tvaį¹, bhikkhu, kÄyaduccaritaį¹ pahÄya kÄyasucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi. Give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
VacÄ«duccaritaį¹ pahÄya vacÄ«sucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi.
Manoduccaritaį¹ pahÄya manosucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi.
Yato kho tvaį¹, bhikkhu, kÄyaduccaritaį¹ pahÄya kÄyasucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi, vacÄ«duccaritaį¹ pahÄya vacÄ«sucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi, manoduccaritaį¹ pahÄya manosucaritaį¹ bhÄvessasi, tato tvaį¹, bhikkhu, sÄ«laį¹ nissÄya sÄ«le patiį¹į¹hÄya cattÄro satipaį¹į¹hÄne bhÄveyyÄsi. When youāve done this, you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, depending on and grounded on ethics.
Katame cattÄro? What four?
Idha tvaį¹, bhikkhu, kÄye kÄyÄnupassÄ« viharÄhi ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹; Meditate observing an aspect of the bodyākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
vedanÄsu ā¦peā¦ Meditate observing an aspect of feelings ā¦
citte ā¦peā¦ mind ā¦
dhammesu dhammÄnupassÄ« viharÄhi ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹. principlesākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Yato kho tvaį¹, bhikkhu, sÄ«laį¹ nissÄya sÄ«le patiį¹į¹hÄya ime cattÄro satipaį¹į¹hÄne evaį¹ bhÄvessasi, tato tuyhaį¹, bhikkhu, yÄ ratti vÄ divaso vÄ Ägamissati vuddhiyeva pÄį¹ikaį¹
khÄ kusalesu dhammesu, no parihÄnÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ When you develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation in this way, depending on and grounded on ethics, you can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.ā ā¦
aƱƱataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataį¹ ahosÄ«ti. And that mendicant became one of the perfected.
Sattamaį¹.