{"id":"an5.168","title":"Ethics","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.168","title":"Ethics","units":[{"id":"an5.168:0","sourceIds":["an5.168:0.1","an5.168:0.2","an5.168:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.168\n17. Āghātavagga\nSīlasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.168\n17. Resentment\nEthics"}},{"id":"an5.168:1","sourceIds":["an5.168:1.1","an5.168:1.2","an5.168:1.3","an5.168:1.4","an5.168:1.5","an5.168:1.6","an5.168:1.7","an5.168:1.8","an5.168:1.9","an5.168:1.10","an5.168:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“dussīlassa, āvuso, sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno.\nTassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi pheggupi sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, āvuso, dussīlassa sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.","en":"There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:\n“Reverends, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.\nSuppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage.\nIts shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness.\nIn the same way, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom."}},{"id":"an5.168:2","sourceIds":["an5.168:2.1","an5.168:2.2","an5.168:2.3","an5.168:2.4","an5.168:2.5","an5.168:2.6","an5.168:2.7","an5.168:2.8","an5.168:2.9","an5.168:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlavato, āvuso, sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho, sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi pheggupi sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, āvuso, sīlavato sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"An ethical person, who has fulfilled ethics, has fulfilled a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is right immersion, one who has fulfilled right immersion has fulfilled a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is true knowledge and vision, one who has fulfilled true knowledge and vision has fulfilled a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is disillusionment and dispassion, one who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.\nSuppose there was a tree that was complete with branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would grow to fullness.\nIn the same way, an ethical person, who has fulfilled ethics, has fulfilled a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is right immersion, one who has fulfilled right immersion has fulfilled a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is true knowledge and vision, one who has fulfilled true knowledge and vision has fulfilled a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is disillusionment and dispassion, one who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.168/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."}