{"id":"an4.3","title":"Broken (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.3","title":"Broken (1st)","units":[{"id":"an4.3:0","sourceIds":["an4.3:0.1","an4.3:0.2","an4.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.3\n1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga\nPaṭhamakhatasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.3\n1. At Wares Village\nBroken (1st)"}},{"id":"an4.3:1","sourceIds":["an4.3:1.1","an4.3:1.2","an4.3:1.3","an4.3:1.4","an4.3:1.5","an4.3:1.6","an4.3:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo abyatto asappuriso khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati, sāvajjo ca hoti sānuvajjo ca viññūnaṁ, bahuñca apuññaṁ pasavati.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nAnanuvicca apariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,\nananuvicca apariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,\nananuvicca apariyogāhetvā appasādanīye ṭhāne pasādaṁ upadaṁseti,\nananuvicca apariyogāhetvā pasādanīye ṭhāne appasādaṁ upadaṁseti—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo abyatto asappuriso khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati, sāvajjo ca hoti sānuvajjo ca viññūnaṁ, bahuñca apuññaṁ pasavati.","en":"“When a foolish, incompetent untrue person has four qualities they keep themselves broken and damaged. They deserve to be blamed and criticized by sensible people, and they brim with much wickedness.\nWhat four?\nWithout examining or scrutinizing, they praise those deserving of criticism,\nand they criticize those deserving of praise.\nThey arouse faith in things that are dubious,\nand they don’t arouse faith in things that are inspiring.\nWhen a foolish, incompetent untrue person has these four qualities they keep themselves broken and damaged. They deserve to be blamed and criticized by sensible people, and they brim with much wickedness."}},{"id":"an4.3:2","sourceIds":["an4.3:2.1","an4.3:2.2","an4.3:2.3","an4.3:2.4","an4.3:2.5","an4.3:2.6","an4.3:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito viyatto sappuriso akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati, anavajjo ca hoti ananuvajjo ca viññūnaṁ, bahuñca puññaṁ pasavati.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nAnuvicca pariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,\nanuvicca pariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,\nanuvicca pariyogāhetvā appasādanīye ṭhāne appasādaṁ upadaṁseti,\nanuvicca pariyogāhetvā pasādanīye ṭhāne pasādaṁ upadaṁseti—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito viyatto sappuriso akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati, anavajjo ca hoti ananuvajjo ca viññūnaṁ, bahuñca puññaṁ pasavatīti.","en":"When an astute, competent true person has four qualities they keep themselves intact and unscathed. They don’t deserve to be blamed and criticized by sensible people, and they brim with much merit.\nWhat four?\nAfter examining and scrutinizing, they criticize those deserving of criticism,\nand they praise those deserving of praise.\nThey don’t arouse faith in things that are dubious,\nand they do arouse faith in things that are inspiring.\nWhen an astute, competent true person has these four qualities they keep themselves healthy and whole. They don’t deserve to be blamed and criticized by sensible people, and they brim with much merit."}},{"id":"an4.3:3","sourceIds":["an4.3:3.1","an4.3:3.2","an4.3:3.3","an4.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nindiyaṁ pasaṁsati,\nTaṁ vā nindati yo pasaṁsiyo;\nVicināti mukhena so kaliṁ,\nKalinā tena sukhaṁ na vindati.","en":"When you praise someone worthy of criticism,\nor criticize someone worthy of praise,\nyou choose a losing hand with your own mouth:\nyou’ll never find happiness that way."}},{"id":"an4.3:4","sourceIds":["an4.3:4.1","an4.3:4.2","an4.3:4.3","an4.3:4.4","an4.3:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appamatto ayaṁ kali,\nYo akkhesu dhanaparājayo;\nSabbassāpi sahāpi attanā,\nAyameva mahantataro kali;\nYo sugatesu manaṁ padosaye.","en":"A losing hand at dice is a trivial thing,\nif all you lose is your money\nand all you own, even yourself.\nWhat’s a really terrible hand\nis to hate the holy ones."}},{"id":"an4.3:5","sourceIds":["an4.3:5.1","an4.3:5.2","an4.3:5.3","an4.3:5.4","an4.3:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sataṁ sahassānaṁ nirabbudānaṁ,\nChattiṁsatī pañca ca abbudāni;\nYamariyagarahī nirayaṁ upeti,\nVācaṁ manañca paṇidhāya pāpakan”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"For a hundred thousand times a hundred million,\ntimes five hundred and thirty-six times a thousand times ten million years\na slanderer of noble ones goes to hell,\nhaving aimed bad words and thoughts at them.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.3/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."}