{"id":"sn24.6","title":"Acting","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn24.6","title":"Acting","units":[{"id":"sn24.6:0","sourceIds":["sn24.6:0.1","sn24.6:0.2","sn24.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 24.6\n1. Sotāpattivagga\nKarotosutta","en":"Linked Discourses 24.6\n1. Stream-Entry\nActing"}},{"id":"sn24.6:1","sourceIds":["sn24.6:1.1","sn24.6:1.2","sn24.6:1.3","sn24.6:1.4","sn24.6:1.5","sn24.6:1.6","sn24.6:1.7","sn24.6:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:\n‘karoto kārayato chindato chedāpayato pacato pācāpayato socato socāpayato kilamato kilamāpayato phandato phandāpayato pāṇamatipātayato adinnaṁ ādiyato sandhiṁ chindato nillopaṁ harato ekāgārikaṁ karoto paripanthe tiṭṭhato paradāraṁ gacchato musā bhaṇato karoto na karīyati pāpaṁ.\nKhurapariyantena cepi cakkena yo imissā pathaviyā pāṇe ekamaṁsakhalaṁ ekamaṁsapuñjaṁ kareyya, natthi tatonidānaṁ pāpaṁ, natthi pāpassa āgamo.\nDakkhiṇañcepi gaṅgāya tīraṁ gaccheyya; hananto ghātento chindanto chedāpento pacanto pācento, natthi tatonidānaṁ pāpaṁ, natthi pāpassa āgamo.\nUttarañcepi gaṅgāya tīraṁ gaccheyya; dadanto dāpento yajanto yajāpento, natthi tatonidānaṁ puññaṁ, natthi puññassa āgamo.\nDānena damena saṁyamena saccavajjena natthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo’”ti.\n“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise:\n‘The one who acts does nothing wrong when they punish, mutilate, torture, aggrieve, oppress, intimidate, or when they encourage others to do the same. Nothing bad is done when they kill, steal, break into houses, plunder wealth, steal from isolated buildings, commit highway robbery, commit adultery, and lie.\nIf you were to reduce all the living creatures of this earth to one heap and mass of flesh with a razor-edged chakram, no evil comes of that, and no outcome of evil.\nIf you were to go along the south bank of the Ganges killing, mutilating, and torturing, and encouraging others to do the same, no evil comes of that, and no outcome of evil.\nIf you were to go along the north bank of the Ganges giving and sacrificing and encouraging others to do the same, no merit comes of that, and no outcome of merit.\nIn giving, self-control, restraint, and truthfulness there is no merit or outcome of merit’?”\n“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”"}},{"id":"sn24.6:2","sourceIds":["sn24.6:2.1","sn24.6:2.2","sn24.6:2.3","sn24.6:2.4","sn24.6:2.5","sn24.6:2.6","sn24.6:2.7","sn24.6:2.8","sn24.6:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:\n‘karoto kārayato …pe…\nnatthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo’ti.\nVedanāya sati …pe…\nsaññāya sati …\nsaṅkhāresu sati …\nviññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:\n‘karoto kārayato …pe…\nnatthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo’ti.","en":"“When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises:\n‘The one who acts does nothing wrong …\nthere is no merit or outcome of merit.’\nWhen feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises:\n‘The one who acts does nothing wrong …\nthere is no merit or outcome of merit.’"}},{"id":"sn24.6:3","sourceIds":["sn24.6:3.1","sn24.6:3.2","sn24.6:3.3","sn24.6:3.4","sn24.6:3.5","sn24.6:3.6","sn24.6:3.7","sn24.6:3.8","sn24.6:3.9","sn24.6:3.10","sn24.6:3.11","sn24.6:3.12","sn24.6:3.13","sn24.6:3.14","sn24.6:3.15","sn24.6:3.16","sn24.6:3.17","sn24.6:3.18","sn24.6:3.19","sn24.6:3.20","sn24.6:3.21","sn24.6:3.22"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nrūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe…\napi nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:\n‘karoto …pe…\nnatthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Vedanā …\nsaññā …\nsaṅkhārā …\nviññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante …pe…\napi nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:\n‘karoto kārayato …pe…\nnatthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo’”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante …pe…\napi nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:\n‘karoto kārayato …pe…\nnatthi puññaṁ natthi puññassa āgamo’”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"What do you think, mendicants?\nIs form permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.” …\n“Is feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.” …\n“That which is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind: is that permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.” …\n“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?”\n“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn24.6:4","sourceIds":["sn24.6:4.1","sn24.6:4.2","sn24.6:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa imesu ca ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti, dukkhepissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāyapissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“When a noble disciple has given up doubt regarding these six grounds, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation,\nthey’re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn24.6/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."}