{"id":"an7.65","title":"Conscience and Prudence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.65","title":"Conscience and Prudence","units":[{"id":"an7.65:0","sourceIds":["an7.65:0.1","an7.65:0.2","an7.65:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.65\n7. Mahāvagga\nHirīottappasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.65\n7. The Great Chapter\nConscience and Prudence"}},{"id":"an7.65:1","sourceIds":["an7.65:1.1","an7.65:1.2","an7.65:1.3","an7.65:1.4","an7.65:1.5","an7.65:1.6","an7.65:1.7","an7.65:1.8","an7.65:1.9","an7.65:1.10","an7.65:1.11","an7.65:1.12","an7.65:1.13","an7.65:1.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Hirottappe, bhikkhave, asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti indriyasaṁvaro;\nindriyasaṁvare asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ;\nsīle asati sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno.\nTassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi pheggupi sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, hirottappe asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti indriyasaṁvaro;\nindriyasaṁvare asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ;\nsīle asati sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, when there is no conscience and prudence, one who lacks conscience and prudence has destroyed a vital condition for sense restraint.\nWhen there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.\nWhen there is no ethical conduct, one 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, when there is no conscience and prudence, a person who lacks conscience and prudence has destroyed a vital condition for sense restraint.\nWhen there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.\nWhen there is no ethical conduct, one 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":"an7.65:2","sourceIds":["an7.65:2.1","an7.65:2.2","an7.65:2.3","an7.65:2.4","an7.65:2.5","an7.65:2.6","an7.65:2.7","an7.65:2.8","an7.65:2.9","an7.65:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hirottappe, bhikkhave, sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti indriyasaṁvaro;\nindriyasaṁvare sati indriyasaṁvarasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti sīlaṁ;\nsīle sati sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi pheggupi sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, hirottappe sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti …pe…\nvimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"When there is conscience and prudence, a person who has fulfilled conscience and prudence has fulfilled a vital condition for sense restraint.\nWhen there is sense restraint, one who has fulfilled sense restraint has fulfilled a vital condition for ethical conduct.\nWhen there is ethical conduct, one who has fulfilled ethical conduct 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, when there is conscience and prudence, one who has fulfilled conscience and prudence has fulfilled a vital condition for sense restraint. …\nOne who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.65/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."}