{"id":"an4.209","title":"Bad Character (3rd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.209","title":"Bad Character (3rd)","units":[{"id":"an4.209:0","sourceIds":["an4.209:0.1","an4.209:0.2","an4.209:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.209\n21. Sappurisavagga\nTatiyapāpadhammasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.209\n21. A True Person\nBad Character (3rd)"}},{"id":"an4.209:1","sourceIds":["an4.209:1.1","an4.209:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pāpadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpadhammena pāpadhammatarañca;\nkalyāṇadhammañca, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….","en":"“Mendicants, I will teach you bad character and worse character,\ngood character and better character."}},{"id":"an4.209:2","sourceIds":["an4.209:2.1","an4.209:2.2","an4.209:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… micchādiṭṭhiko hoti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo.","en":"And who has bad character?\nIt’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, and commits sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view.\nThis is called bad character."}},{"id":"an4.209:3","sourceIds":["an4.209:3.1","an4.209:3.2","an4.209:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro?\nIdha bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro.","en":"And who has worse character?\nIt’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, and commits sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view. And they encourage others to do these things.\nThis is called worse character."}},{"id":"an4.209:4","sourceIds":["an4.209:4.1","an4.209:4.2","an4.209:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… sammādiṭṭhiko hoti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo.","en":"And who has good character?\nIt’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view.\nThis is called good character."}},{"id":"an4.209:5","sourceIds":["an4.209:5.1","an4.209:5.2","an4.209:5.3","an4.209:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataro”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"And who has better character?\nIt’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view. And they encourage others to do these things.\nThis is called better character.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.209/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."}