{"id":"an2.98-117","title":"The Chapter on Fools","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an2.98-117","title":"The Chapter on Fools","units":[{"id":"an2.98:0","sourceIds":["an2.98:0.1","an2.98:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 2\n10. Bālavagga","en":"Numbered Discourses 2.98–117\nThe Chapter on Fools"}},{"id":"an2.98:1","sourceIds":["an2.98:1.0","an2.98:1.1","an2.98:1.2","an2.98:1.3","an2.98:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"98\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.","en":"98\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who carries the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who doesn’t carry the burden of what has come to pass.\nThese are the two fools.”"}},{"id":"an2.99:1","sourceIds":["an2.99:1.0","an2.99:1.1","an2.99:1.2","an2.99:1.3","an2.99:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"99\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"99\n“There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who doesn’t carry the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who carries the burden of what has come to pass.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.100:1","sourceIds":["an2.100:1.0","an2.100:1.1","an2.100:1.2","an2.100:1.3","an2.100:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"100\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.","en":"100\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable.\nThese are the two fools.”"}},{"id":"an2.101:1","sourceIds":["an2.101:1.0","an2.101:1.1","an2.101:1.2","an2.101:1.3","an2.101:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"101\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"101\n“There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.102:1","sourceIds":["an2.102:1.0","an2.102:1.1","an2.102:1.2","an2.102:1.3","an2.102:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"102\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.","en":"102\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives a non-offense as an offense, and one who perceives an offense as a non-offense.\nThese are the two fools.”"}},{"id":"an2.103:1","sourceIds":["an2.103:1.0","an2.103:1.1","an2.103:1.2","an2.103:1.3","an2.103:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"103\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"103\n“There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives an offense as an offense.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.104:1","sourceIds":["an2.104:1.0","an2.104:1.1","an2.104:1.2","an2.104:1.3","an2.104:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"104\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.","en":"104\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching.\nThese are the two fools.”"}},{"id":"an2.105:1","sourceIds":["an2.105:1.0","an2.105:1.1","an2.105:1.2","an2.105:1.3","an2.105:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"105\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"105\n“There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.106:1","sourceIds":["an2.106:1.0","an2.106:1.1","an2.106:1.2","an2.106:1.3","an2.106:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"106\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.","en":"106\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training.\nThese are the two fools.”"}},{"id":"an2.107:1","sourceIds":["an2.107:1.0","an2.107:1.1","an2.107:1.2","an2.107:1.3","an2.107:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"107\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"107\n“There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.108:1","sourceIds":["an2.108:1.0","an2.108:1.1","an2.108:1.2","an2.108:1.3","an2.108:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"108\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"108\n“For these two, defilements grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who is remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who isn’t remorseful over something they should be.\nThese are the two whose defilements grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.109:1","sourceIds":["an2.109:1.0","an2.109:1.1","an2.109:1.2","an2.109:1.3","an2.109:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"109\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"109\n“For these two, defilements don’t grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who isn’t remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who is remorseful over something they should be.\nThese are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.110:1","sourceIds":["an2.110:1.0","an2.110:1.1","an2.110:1.2","an2.110:1.3","an2.110:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"110\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"110\n“For these two, defilements grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable.\nThese are the two whose defilements grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.111:1","sourceIds":["an2.111:1.0","an2.111:1.1","an2.111:1.2","an2.111:1.3","an2.111:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"111\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"111\n“For these two, defilements don’t grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable.\nThese are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.112:1","sourceIds":["an2.112:1.0","an2.112:1.1","an2.112:1.2","an2.112:1.3","an2.112:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"112\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"112\n“For these two, defilements grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives an offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as an offense.\nThese are the two whose defilements grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.113:1","sourceIds":["an2.113:1.0","an2.113:1.1","an2.113:1.2","an2.113:1.3","an2.113:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"113\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"113\n“For these two, defilements don’t grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives an offense as an offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense.\nThese are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.114:1","sourceIds":["an2.114:1.0","an2.114:1.1","an2.114:1.2","an2.114:1.3","an2.114:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"114\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"114\n“For these two, defilements grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching.\nThese are the two whose defilements grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.115:1","sourceIds":["an2.115:1.0","an2.115:1.1","an2.115:1.2","an2.115:1.3","an2.115:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"115\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"115\n“For these two, defilements don’t grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching.\nThese are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.116:1","sourceIds":["an2.116:1.0","an2.116:1.1","an2.116:1.2","an2.116:1.3","an2.116:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"116\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.","en":"116\n“For these two, defilements grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training.\nThese are the two whose defilements grow.”"}},{"id":"an2.117:1","sourceIds":["an2.117:1.0","an2.117:1.1","an2.117:1.2","an2.117:1.3","an2.117:1.4","an2.117:1.5","an2.117:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"117\n“Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nYo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.\nBālavaggo pañcamo.\nDutiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.","en":"117\n“For these two, defilements don’t grow.\nWhat two?\nOne who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training.\nThese are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.98-117/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}