{"id":"an5.23","title":"Corruptions","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.23","title":"Corruptions","units":[{"id":"an5.23:0","sourceIds":["an5.23:0.1","an5.23:0.2","an5.23:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.23\n3. Pañcaṅgikavagga\nUpakkilesasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.23\n3. With Five Factors\nCorruptions"}},{"id":"an5.23:1","sourceIds":["an5.23:1.1","an5.23:1.2","an5.23:1.3","an5.23:1.4","an5.23:1.5","an5.23:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, jātarūpassa upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhaṁ jātarūpaṁ na ceva mudu hoti na ca kammaniyaṁ na ca pabhassaraṁ pabhaṅgu ca na ca sammā upeti kammāya.\nKatame pañca?\nAyo, lohaṁ, tipu, sīsaṁ, sajjhaṁ—\nime kho, bhikkhave, pañca jātarūpassa upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhaṁ jātarūpaṁ na ceva mudu hoti na ca kammaniyaṁ na ca pabhassaraṁ pabhaṅgu ca na ca sammā upeti kammāya.\nYato ca kho, bhikkhave, jātarūpaṁ imehi pañcahi upakkilesehi vimuttaṁ hoti, taṁ hoti jātarūpaṁ mudu ca kammaniyañca pabhassarañca na ca pabhaṅgu sammā upeti kammāya.\nYassā yassā ca piḷandhanavikatiyā ākaṅkhati—yadi muddikāya yadi kuṇḍalāya yadi gīveyyakāya yadi suvaṇṇamālāya—tañcassa atthaṁ anubhoti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five corruptions of native gold. When native gold is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.\nWhat five?\nIron, copper, tin, lead, and silver.\nWhen native gold is corrupted by these five corruptions it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.\nBut when native gold is free of these five corruptions it becomes pliable, workable, and radiant, not brittle, and ready to be worked.\nThen the goldsmith can successfully create any kind of ornament they want, whether a ring, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland."}},{"id":"an5.23:2","sourceIds":["an5.23:2.1","an5.23:2.2","an5.23:2.3","an5.23:2.4","an5.23:2.5","an5.23:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcime cittassa upakkilesā, yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhaṁ cittaṁ na ceva mudu hoti na ca kammaniyaṁ na ca pabhassaraṁ pabhaṅgu ca na ca sammā samādhiyati āsavānaṁ khayāya.\nKatame pañca?\nKāmacchando, byāpādo, thinamiddhaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ, vicikicchā—\nime kho, bhikkhave, pañca cittassa upakkilesā yehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭhaṁ cittaṁ na ceva mudu hoti na ca kammaniyaṁ na ca pabhassaraṁ pabhaṅgu ca na ca sammā samādhiyati āsavānaṁ khayāya.\nYato ca kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ imehi pañcahi upakkilesehi vimuttaṁ hoti, taṁ hoti cittaṁ mudu ca kammaniyañca pabhassarañca na ca pabhaṅgu sammā samādhiyati āsavānaṁ khayāya.\nYassa yassa ca abhiññāsacchikaraṇīyassa dhammassa cittaṁ abhininnāmeti abhiññāsacchikiriyāya tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"In the same way, there are these five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.\nWhat five?\nSensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.\nThese are the five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.\nBut when the mind is free of these five corruptions it’s pliable, workable, and radiant. It’s not brittle, and is rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.\nYou extend your mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and you are capable of realizing those things, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:3","sourceIds":["an5.23:3.1","an5.23:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhaveyyaṁ—ekopi hutvā bahudhā assaṁ, bahudhāpi hutvā eko assaṁ; āvibhāvaṁ, tirobhāvaṁ; tirokuṭṭaṁ tiropākāraṁ tiropabbataṁ asajjamāno gaccheyyaṁ, seyyathāpi ākāse; pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ kareyyaṁ, seyyathāpi udake; udakepi abhijjamāno gaccheyyaṁ, seyyathāpi pathaviyaṁ; ākāsepi pallaṅkena kameyyaṁ, seyyathāpi pakkhī sakuṇo; imepi candimasūriye evaṁmahiddhike evaṁmahānubhāve pāṇinā parimaseyyaṁ parimajjeyyaṁ yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"If you wish: ‘May I wield the many kinds of psychic power—multiplying myself and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful, controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:4","sourceIds":["an5.23:4.1","an5.23:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya ubho sadde suṇeyyaṁ—dibbe ca mānuse ca ye dūre santike cā’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"If you wish: ‘With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, may I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:5","sourceIds":["an5.23:5.1","an5.23:5.2","an5.23:5.3","an5.23:5.4","an5.23:5.5","an5.23:5.6","an5.23:5.7","an5.23:5.8","an5.23:5.9","an5.23:5.10","an5.23:5.11","an5.23:5.12","an5.23:5.13","an5.23:5.14","an5.23:5.15","an5.23:5.16","an5.23:5.17","an5.23:5.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajāneyyaṁ—\nsarāgaṁ vā cittaṁ sarāgaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītarāgaṁ vā cittaṁ vītarāgaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsadosaṁ vā cittaṁ sadosaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītadosaṁ vā cittaṁ vītadosaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsamohaṁ vā cittaṁ samohaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītamohaṁ vā cittaṁ vītamohaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsaṅkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ saṅkhittaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvikkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ vikkhittaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nmahaggataṁ vā cittaṁ mahaggataṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\namahaggataṁ vā cittaṁ amahaggataṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsauttaraṁ vā cittaṁ sauttaraṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nanuttaraṁ vā cittaṁ anuttaraṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ samāhitaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nasamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ asamāhitaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\navimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ avimuttaṁ cittanti pajāneyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"If you wish: ‘May I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind.\nMay I understand mind with greed as “mind with greed”,\nand mind without greed as “mind without greed”;\nmind with hate as “mind with hate”,\nand mind without hate as “mind without hate”;\nmind with delusion as “mind with delusion”,\nand mind without delusion as “mind without delusion”;\nconstricted mind as “constricted mind”,\nand scattered mind as “scattered mind”;\nexpansive mind as “expansive mind”,\nand unexpansive mind as “unexpansive mind”;\nmind that is not supreme as “mind that is not supreme”,\nand mind that is supreme as “mind that is supreme”;\nmind immersed in samādhi as “mind immersed in samādhi”,\nand mind not immersed in samādhi as “mind not immersed in samādhi”;\nfreed mind as “freed mind”,\nand unfreed mind as “unfreed mind”.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:6","sourceIds":["an5.23:6.1","an5.23:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo catassopi jātiyo pañcapi jātiyo dasapi jātiyo vīsampi jātiyo tiṁsampi jātiyo cattārīsampi jātiyo paññāsampi jātiyo jātisatampi jātisahassampi jātisatasahassampi anekepi saṁvaṭṭakappe anekepi vivaṭṭakappe anekepi saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe—amutrāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto amutra udapādiṁ; tatrāpāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto idhūpapannoti, iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"If you wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. May I remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I recollect my many past lives, with features and details.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:7","sourceIds":["an5.23:7.1","an5.23:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passeyyaṁ cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyaṁ—ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannā; ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannāti, iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passeyyaṁ cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"If you wish: ‘With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place—and understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: “These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.” And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. And may I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.23:8","sourceIds":["an5.23:8.1","an5.23:8.2","an5.23:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"If you wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nYou’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.23/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."}