{"id":"snp2.6","title":"A Righteous Life","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp2.6","title":"A Righteous Life","units":[{"id":"snp2.6:0","sourceIds":["snp2.6:0.1","snp2.6:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 2.6\nKapilasutta (dhammacariyasutta)","en":"Anthology of Discourses 2.6\nA Righteous Life"}},{"id":"snp2.6:1","sourceIds":["snp2.6:1.1","snp2.6:1.2","snp2.6:1.3","snp2.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammacariyaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,\nEtadāhu vasuttamaṁ;\nPabbajitopi ce hoti,\nAgārā anagāriyaṁ.","en":"A righteous life, a spiritual life,\nthey call this the supreme treasure.\nBut if someone goes forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness"}},{"id":"snp2.6:2","sourceIds":["snp2.6:2.1","snp2.6:2.2","snp2.6:2.3","snp2.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So ce mukharajātiko,\nvihesābhirato mago;\nJīvitaṁ tassa pāpiyo,\nrajaṁ vaḍḍheti attano.","en":"who is of scurrilous character,\na beast and a bully,\ntheir life gets worse,\nas poison grows inside them."}},{"id":"snp2.6:3","sourceIds":["snp2.6:3.1","snp2.6:3.2","snp2.6:3.3","snp2.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kalahābhirato bhikkhu,\nMohadhammena āvuto;\nAkkhātampi na jānāti,\nDhammaṁ buddhena desitaṁ.","en":"A mendicant who loves to quarrel,\nwrapped in delusion,\ndoesn’t even know what’s been explained\nin the Dhamma taught by the Buddha."}},{"id":"snp2.6:4","sourceIds":["snp2.6:4.1","snp2.6:4.2","snp2.6:4.3","snp2.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vihesaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,\navijjāya purakkhato;\nSaṅkilesaṁ na jānāti,\nmaggaṁ nirayagāminaṁ.","en":"Harassing those who are evolved,\ngoverned by ignorance,\nthey don’t know that corruption\nis the path that leads to hell."}},{"id":"snp2.6:5","sourceIds":["snp2.6:5.1","snp2.6:5.2","snp2.6:5.3","snp2.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vinipātaṁ samāpanno,\ngabbhā gabbhaṁ tamā tamaṁ;\nSa ve tādisako bhikkhu,\npecca dukkhaṁ nigacchati.","en":"Entering the underworld,\npassing from womb to womb, from darkness to darkness,\nsuch a mendicant\nfalls into suffering after death."}},{"id":"snp2.6:6","sourceIds":["snp2.6:6.1","snp2.6:6.2","snp2.6:6.3","snp2.6:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gūthakūpo yathā assa,\nsampuṇṇo gaṇavassiko;\nYo ca evarūpo assa,\ndubbisodho hi sāṅgaṇo.","en":"One such as that is\nlike a sewer\nbrimful with years of filth\nfor it’s hard to clean one full of grime."}},{"id":"snp2.6:7","sourceIds":["snp2.6:7.1","snp2.6:7.2","snp2.6:7.3","snp2.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ evarūpaṁ jānātha,\nbhikkhavo gehanissitaṁ;\nPāpicchaṁ pāpasaṅkappaṁ,\npāpaācāragocaraṁ.","en":"Mendicants, knowing that someone is like this,\nattached to the domestic life,\nof corrupt wishes and wicked intent,\nof bad behavior and alms-resort,"}},{"id":"snp2.6:8","sourceIds":["snp2.6:8.1","snp2.6:8.2","snp2.6:8.3","snp2.6:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe samaggā hutvāna,\nabhinibbajjiyātha naṁ;\nKāraṇḍavaṁ niddhamatha,\nkasambuṁ apakassatha.","en":"then having gathered in harmony,\nyou should expel them.\nThrow out the trash!\nGet rid of the rubbish!"}},{"id":"snp2.6:9","sourceIds":["snp2.6:9.1","snp2.6:9.2","snp2.6:9.3","snp2.6:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato palāpe vāhetha,\nAssamaṇe samaṇamānine;\nNiddhamitvāna pāpicche,\nPāpaācāragocare.","en":"And sweep away the scraps—\nthey’re not ascetics, they just think they are.\nWhen you’ve thrown out those of corrupt wishes,\nof bad behavior and alms-resort,"}},{"id":"snp2.6:10","sourceIds":["snp2.6:10.1","snp2.6:10.2","snp2.6:10.3","snp2.6:10.4","snp2.6:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suddhā suddhehi saṁvāsaṁ,\nKappayavho patissatā;\nTato samaggā nipakā,\nDukkhassantaṁ karissathāti.\nDhammacariyasuttaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"dwell in communion, ever mindful,\nthe pure with the pure.\nThen in harmony, alert,\nyou’ll make an end of suffering."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp2.6/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."}