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Tatiyaagatisutta

Prejudice (3rd)

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, agatigamanāni.
“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions.

Katamāni cattāri?
What four?

Chandāgatiṁ gacchati, dosāgatiṁ gacchati, mohāgatiṁ gacchati, bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—
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 chandāgatiṁ gacchati, na dosāgatiṁ gacchati, na mohāgatiṁ gacchati, na bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—
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 dhammaṁ ativattati;
out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity,

Nihīyati tassa yaso,
your fame fades away,

kāḷapakkheva candimā.
like the moon in the waning fortnight.

Chandā dosā bhayā mohā,
If you don’t act against the teaching

yo dhammaṁ nātivattati;
out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, and stupidity,

Āpūrati tassa yaso,
your fame swells,

sukkapakkheva candimā”ti.
like the moon in the waxing fortnight.”

Navamaṁ.