{"id":"an3.29","title":"Blind","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.29","title":"Blind","units":[{"id":"an3.29:0","sourceIds":["an3.29:0.1","an3.29:0.2","an3.29:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.29\n3. Puggalavagga\nAndhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.29\n3. Individuals\nBlind"}},{"id":"an3.29:1","sourceIds":["an3.29:1.1","an3.29:1.2","an3.29:1.3","an3.29:1.4","an3.29:1.5","an3.29:1.6","an3.29:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nAndho, ekacakkhu, dvicakkhu.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo andho?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa tathārūpaṁ cakkhu na hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā anadhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ adhigaccheyya adhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ phātiṁ kareyya;\ntathārūpampissa cakkhu na hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā kusalākusale dhamme jāneyya, sāvajjānavajje dhamme jāneyya, hīnappaṇīte dhamme jāneyya, kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāge dhamme jāneyya.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo andho.","en":"“These three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nThe blind, the one-eyed, and the two-eyed.\nWho is the blind individual?\nIt’s someone who doesn’t have the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired.\nNor do they have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between qualities that are skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, and those with a portion of dark or bright.\nThis is called a blind individual."}},{"id":"an3.29:2","sourceIds":["an3.29:2.1","an3.29:2.2","an3.29:2.3","an3.29:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo ekacakkhu?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa tathārūpaṁ cakkhu hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā anadhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ adhigaccheyya adhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ phātiṁ kareyya;\ntathārūpaṁ panassa cakkhu na hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā kusalākusale dhamme jāneyya, sāvajjānavajje dhamme jāneyya, hīnappaṇīte dhamme jāneyya, kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāge dhamme jāneyya.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo ekacakkhu.","en":"Who is the individual with one eye?\nIt’s someone who has the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth and to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired.\nBut they don’t have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between qualities that are skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, and those with a portion of dark or bright.\nThis is called a one-eyed individual."}},{"id":"an3.29:3","sourceIds":["an3.29:3.1","an3.29:3.2","an3.29:3.3","an3.29:3.4","an3.29:3.5","an3.29:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo dvicakkhu?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa tathārūpaṁ cakkhu hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā anadhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ adhigaccheyya, adhigataṁ vā bhogaṁ phātiṁ kareyya;\ntathārūpampissa cakkhu hoti yathārūpena cakkhunā kusalākusale dhamme jāneyya;\nsāvajjānavajje dhamme jāneyya, hīnappaṇīte dhamme jāneyya, kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāge dhamme jāneyya.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo dvicakkhu.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.","en":"Who is the individual with two eyes?\nIt’s someone who has the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth and to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired.\nAnd they have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, or qualities on the side of dark and bright.\nThis is called a two-eyed individual.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world."}},{"id":"an3.29:4","sourceIds":["an3.29:4.1","an3.29:4.2","an3.29:4.3","an3.29:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ceva bhogā tathārūpā,\nna ca puññāni kubbati;\nUbhayattha kaliggāho,\nandhassa hatacakkhuno.","en":"Neither suitable wealth,\nnor merit do they make.\nThey hold a losing hand on both counts,\nthose who are blind, with ruined eyes."}},{"id":"an3.29:5","sourceIds":["an3.29:5.1","an3.29:5.2","an3.29:5.3","an3.29:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athāparāyaṁ akkhāto,\nEkacakkhu ca puggalo;\nDhammādhammena saṭhoso,\nBhogāni pariyesati.","en":"And now the one-eyed\nindividual is explained.\nBy methods good and bad,\nthat devious person seeks wealth."}},{"id":"an3.29:6","sourceIds":["an3.29:6.1","an3.29:6.2","an3.29:6.3","an3.29:6.4","an3.29:6.5","an3.29:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theyyena kūṭakammena,\nmusāvādena cūbhayaṁ;\nKusalo hoti saṅghātuṁ,\nkāmabhogī ca mānavo;\nIto so nirayaṁ gantvā,\nekacakkhu vihaññati.","en":"Both by fraudulent, thieving deeds,\nand also by lies,\nthe young man’s skilled at piling up money,\nand enjoying sensual pleasures.\nFrom here they go to hell—\nthe one-eyed person is ruined."}},{"id":"an3.29:7","sourceIds":["an3.29:7.1","an3.29:7.2","an3.29:7.3","an3.29:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvicakkhu pana akkhāto,\nseṭṭho purisapuggalo;\nDhammaladdhehi bhogehi,\nuṭṭhānādhigataṁ dhanaṁ.","en":"And now the two-eyed is explained,\nthe best individual.\nTheir wealth is earned legitimately,\nmoney acquired by their own hard work."}},{"id":"an3.29:8","sourceIds":["an3.29:8.1","an3.29:8.2","an3.29:8.3","an3.29:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dadāti seṭṭhasaṅkappo,\nabyaggamānaso naro;\nUpeti bhaddakaṁ ṭhānaṁ,\nyattha gantvā na socati.","en":"They give with best of intentions,\nthat peaceful-hearted man.\nThey go to a good place,\nwhere there is no sorrow."}},{"id":"an3.29:9","sourceIds":["an3.29:9.1","an3.29:9.2","an3.29:9.3","an3.29:9.4","an3.29:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Andhañca ekacakkhuñca,\nārakā parivajjaye;\nDvicakkhuṁ pana sevetha,\nseṭṭhaṁ purisapuggalan”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"The blind and the one-eyed,\nyou should avoid from afar.\nBut you should keep the two-eyed close,\nthe best individual.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.29/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."}