{"id":"an3.27","title":"You Should be Disgusted","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.27","title":"You Should be Disgusted","units":[{"id":"an3.27:0","sourceIds":["an3.27:0.1","an3.27:0.2","an3.27:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.27\n3. Puggalavagga\nJigucchitabbasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.27\n3. Individuals\nYou Should be Disgusted"}},{"id":"an3.27:1","sourceIds":["an3.27:1.1","an3.27:1.2","an3.27:1.3","an3.27:1.4","an3.27:1.5","an3.27:1.6","an3.27:1.7","an3.27:1.8","an3.27:1.9","an3.27:1.10","an3.27:1.11","an3.27:1.12","an3.27:1.13","an3.27:1.14","an3.27:1.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo jigucchitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo ajjhupekkhitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo jigucchitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussīlo hoti pāpadhammo asuci saṅkassarasamācāro paṭicchannakammanto, assamaṇo samaṇapaṭiñño, abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño, antopūti avassuto kasambujāto.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo jigucchitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nKiñcāpi, bhikkhave, evarūpassa puggalassa na diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjati, atha kho naṁ pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati:\n‘pāpamitto purisapuggalo pāpasahāyo pāpasampavaṅko’ti.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ahi gūthagato kiñcāpi na daṁsati, atha kho naṁ makkheti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, kiñcāpi evarūpassa puggalassa na diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjati, atha kho naṁ pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati:\n‘pāpamitto purisapuggalo pāpasahāyo pāpasampavaṅko’ti.\nTasmā evarūpo puggalo jigucchitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.","en":"“These three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nThere is an individual you should be disgusted by, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.\nThere is an individual you should regard with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.\nThere is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend.\nWho is the individual you should be disgusted by, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?\nIt’s an individual who is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner—though claiming to be one—rotten inside, festering, and depraved.\nYou should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.\nWhy is that?\nEven if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:\n‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’\nThey’re like a snake that’s been living in a pile of dung. Even if it doesn’t bite, it’ll still rub off on you.\nIn the same way, even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:\n‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’\nThat’s why you should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them."}},{"id":"an3.27:2","sourceIds":["an3.27:2.1","an3.27:2.2","an3.27:2.3","an3.27:2.4","an3.27:2.5","an3.27:2.6","an3.27:2.7","an3.27:2.8","an3.27:2.9","an3.27:2.10","an3.27:2.11","an3.27:2.12","an3.27:2.13","an3.27:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo ajjhupekkhitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo kodhano hoti upāyāsabahulo,\nappampi vutto samāno abhisajjati kuppati byāpajjati patitthīyati, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, duṭṭhāruko kaṭṭhena vā kaṭhalāya vā ghaṭṭito bhiyyoso mattāya āsavaṁ deti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave …pe…\nseyyathāpi, bhikkhave, tindukālātaṁ kaṭṭhena vā kaṭhalāya vā ghaṭṭitaṁ bhiyyoso mattāya cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave …pe…\nseyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gūthakūpo kaṭṭhena vā kaṭhalāya vā ghaṭṭito bhiyyoso mattāya duggandho hoti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo kodhano hoti upāyāsabahulo,\nappampi vutto samāno abhisajjati kuppati byāpajjati patitthīyati, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo ajjhupekkhitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAkkoseyyapi maṁ paribhāseyyapi maṁ anatthampi maṁ kareyyāti.\nTasmā evarūpo puggalo ajjhupekkhitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo.","en":"Who is the individual you should regard with equanimity, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?\nIt’s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered.\nEven when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.\nThey’re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more.\nIn the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.\nThey’re like a firebrand of pale-moon ebony, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, sizzles and crackles even more.\nIn the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.\nThey’re like a sewer, which, when you stir it with a stick or a stone, stinks even more.\nIn the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered.\nEven when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.\nYou should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.\nWhy is that?\nThinking, ‘They might abuse or insult me, or do me harm.’\nThat’s why you should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them."}},{"id":"an3.27:3","sourceIds":["an3.27:3.1","an3.27:3.2","an3.27:3.3","an3.27:3.4","an3.27:3.5","an3.27:3.6","an3.27:3.7","an3.27:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlavā hoti kalyāṇadhammo.\nEvarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nKiñcāpi, bhikkhave, evarūpassa puggalassa na diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjati, atha kho naṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati:\n‘kalyāṇamitto purisapuggalo kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko’ti.\nTasmā evarūpo puggalo sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.","en":"Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend?\nIt’s an individual who is ethical, of good character.\nYou should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.\nWhy is that?\nEven if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a good reputation:\n‘That individual has good friends, companions, and associates.’\nThat’s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world."}},{"id":"an3.27:4","sourceIds":["an3.27:4.1","an3.27:4.2","an3.27:4.3","an3.27:4.4","an3.27:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nihīyati puriso nihīnasevī,\nNa ca hāyetha kadāci tulyasevī;\nSeṭṭhamupanamaṁ udeti khippaṁ,\nTasmā attano uttariṁ bhajethā”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"A man who associates with an inferior goes downhill,\nbut associating with an equal, you’ll never decline;\nfollowing the best, you’ll quickly rise up,\nso you should keep company with people better than you.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.27/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."}