Itivuttaka 25
Translators: sujato
So It Was Said 25
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Tatiyavagga
Chapter Three
Musāvādasutta
Lying
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa, bhikkhave, purisapuggalassa nāhaṁ tassa kiñci pāpakammaṁ akaraṇīyanti vadāmi.
“Mendicants, for an individual who transgresses in one thing, there is no bad deed they would not do, I say.
Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?
What one thing?
Yadidaṁ, bhikkhave, sampajānamusāvādo”ti.
It is this: telling a deliberate lie.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
The Buddha spoke this matter.
Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
On this it is said:
“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa,
“When a person, spurning the hereafter,
musāvādissa jantuno;
transgresses in just one thing—
Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,
lying—
natthi pāpaṁ akāriyan”ti.
there is no evil they would not do.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
Pañcamaṁ.