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The Chapter on Those Bound for the Realm of Misery
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The Discourse on Those Bound for the Realm of Misery
114. "Monks, there are these three bound for the realm of misery, doomed to Niraya Hell, without having abandoned this. Which three? Whoever is not a practitioner of the holy life though claiming to be a practitioner of the holy life, whoever accuses one living the pure holy life with an unfounded charge of not living the holy life, and whoever holds such a doctrine and view - 'There is no fault in sensual pleasures,' he commits to gulping down sensual pleasures. These, monks, are the three bound for the realm of misery, doomed to Niraya Hell, without having abandoned this." The first.
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The Discourse on the Rare
115. "The manifestation of three things, monks, is rare in the world. Which three? The manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a One Enlightened by himself is rare in the world; a person who teaches the Teaching and discipline proclaimed by the Truth-finder is rare in the world; a grateful and thankful person is rare in the world. The manifestation of these three things, monks, is rare in the world." The second.
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The Discourse on the Immeasurable
116. "Monks, there are these three persons existing and found in the world. Which three? The easily measured, the difficult to measure, the immeasurable. And what, monks, is the person easily measured? Here, monks, a certain person is agitated, arrogant, fickle, garrulous, of loose speech, unmindful, not fully aware, unconcentrated, with a wandering mind, with uncontrolled faculties. This is called, monks, the person easily measured.
"And what, monks, is the person difficult to measure? Here, monks, a certain person is unagitated, not arrogant, steadfast, not garrulous, not of loose speech, mindful, fully aware, concentrated, with fully focused mind, with controlled faculties. This is called, monks, the person difficult to measure.
"And what, monks, is the person immeasurable? Here, monks, a monk is a Worthy One, one who has eliminated the mental corruptions. This is called, monks, the person immeasurable. These, monks, are the three persons existing and found in the world." The third.
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The Discourse on the Imperturbable
117. "Monks, there are these three persons existing and found in the world. Which three? Here, monks, a certain person, with the complete transcendence of perceptions of material form, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, with inattention to perceptions of diversity, aware that 'space is infinite,' enters and dwells in the plane of infinite space. He enjoys it, desires it, and finds happiness on account of it; established therein, inclined to it, dwelling in it frequently, not fallen away from it, when dying he is reborn in the company of the gods who have reached the plane of infinite space. The life-span of the gods who have reached the plane of infinite space, monks, is twenty thousand cosmic cycles. There a worldling, having stayed as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, goes to hell, goes to the animal realm, goes to the sphere of ghosts. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, attains final nibbāna in that very existence. This, monks, is the distinction, this is the disparity, this is the difference between a learned noble disciple and an ignorant worldling, that is to say, regarding destination and rebirth.
"Furthermore, monks, here a certain person, with the complete transcendence of the plane of infinite space, aware that 'consciousness is infinite,' enters and dwells in the plane of infinite consciousness. He enjoys it, desires it, and finds happiness on account of it; established therein, inclined to it, dwelling in it frequently, not fallen away from it, when dying he is reborn in the company of the gods who have reached the plane of infinite consciousness. The life-span of the gods who have reached the plane of infinite consciousness, monks, is forty thousand cosmic cycles. There a worldling, having stayed as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, goes to hell, goes to the animal realm, goes to the sphere of ghosts. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, attains final nibbāna in that very existence. This, monks, is the distinction, this is the disparity, this is the difference between a learned noble disciple and an ignorant worldling, that is to say, regarding destination and rebirth.
"Furthermore, monks, here a certain person, with the complete transcendence of the plane of infinite consciousness, aware that 'there is nothing,' enters and dwells in the plane of nothingness. He enjoys it, desires it, and finds happiness on account of it; established therein, inclined to it, dwelling in it frequently, not fallen away from it, when dying he is reborn in the company of the gods who have reached the plane of nothingness. The life-span of the gods who have reached the plane of nothingness, monks, is sixty thousand cosmic cycles. There a worldling, having stayed as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, goes to hell, goes to the animal realm, goes to the sphere of ghosts. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there as long as life lasts, having spent all of whatever is the life-span of those gods, attains final nibbāna in that very existence. This, monks, is the distinction, this is the disparity, this is the difference between a learned noble disciple and an ignorant worldling, that is to say, regarding destination and rebirth. These, monks, are the three persons existing and found in the world." The fourth.
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The Discourse on Failure and Accomplishment
118. "There are these three failures, monks. Which three? Failure in morality, failure in mind, failure in view. And what, monks, is failure in morality? Here, monks, a certain one is one who kills living beings, takes what is not given, engages in sexual misconduct, is a liar, speaks divisive speech, speaks harsh speech, engages in idle chatter. This is called, monks, failure in morality.
"And what, monks, is failure in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is covetous, has a mind of ill-will. This is called, monks, failure in mind.
"And what, monks, is failure in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds wrong view, has perverted vision - 'There is not what is given, there is not what is sacrificed, there is not what is offered, there is no result and consequence of good and bad actions, there is not this world, there is not the other world, there is not mother, there is not father, there are no spontaneously reborn beings, there are not in the world ascetics and brahmins who have gone the right way, who have rightly practised, who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, failure in view. Because of failure in morality, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell; because of failure in mind, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell; because of failure in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell. These, monks, are the three failures."
"There are these three accomplishments, monks. Which three? Accomplishment in morality, accomplishment in mind, accomplishment in view. And what, monks, is accomplishment in morality? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from lying, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, accomplishment in morality.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is non-covetous, has a mind without ill-will. This is called, monks, accomplishment in mind.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds right view, has undistorted vision - 'There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed, there is what is offered, there is result and consequence of good and bad actions, there is this world, there is the other world, there is mother, there is father, there are spontaneously reborn beings, there are in the world ascetics and brahmins who have gone the right way, who have rightly practised, who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, accomplishment in view. Because of accomplishment in morality, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world; because of accomplishment in mind, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world; because of accomplishment in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. These, monks, are the three accomplishments." The fifth.
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The Discourse on the Incontrovertible Teaching
119. "There are these three failures, monks. Which three? Failure in morality, failure in mind, failure in view. And what, monks, is failure in morality? Here, monks, a certain one is one who kills living beings, etc. engages in idle chatter. This is called, monks, failure in morality.
"And what, monks, is failure in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is covetous, has a mind of ill-will. This is called, monks, failure in mind.
"And what, monks, is failure in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds wrong view, has perverted vision - 'There is not what is given, there is not what is sacrificed... etc. who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, failure in view. Because of failure in morality, monks, etc. because of failure in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell. Just as, monks, an unmistakable die thrown upwards, wherever it lands, it lands firmly established; just so, monks, because of failure in morality, beings, etc. are reborn. These, monks, are the three failures."
"There are these three accomplishments, monks. Which three? Accomplishment in morality, accomplishment in mind, accomplishment in view. And what, monks, is accomplishment in morality? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from killing living beings, etc. This is called, monks, accomplishment in morality.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is non-covetous, has a mind without ill-will. This is called, monks, accomplishment in mind.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds right view, has undistorted vision - 'There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed... etc. who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, accomplishment in view. Because of accomplishment in morality, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. Because of accomplishment in mind... etc. because of accomplishment in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. Just as, monks, an unmistakable die thrown upwards, wherever it lands, it lands firmly established; just so, monks, because of accomplishment in morality, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world, because of accomplishment in mind, beings... etc. because of accomplishment in view, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. These, monks, are the three accomplishments." The sixth.
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The Discourse on Action
120. "There are these three failures, monks. Which three? Failure in action, failure in livelihood, failure in view. And what, monks, is failure in action? Here, monks, a certain one is one who kills living beings, etc. engages in idle chatter. This is called, monks, failure in action.
"And what, monks, is failure in livelihood? Here, monks, a certain one has wrong livelihood, earns his living by wrong livelihood. This is called, monks, failure in livelihood.
"And what, monks, is failure in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds wrong view, has perverted vision - 'There is not what is given, there is not what is sacrificed... etc. who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, failure in view. These, monks, are the three failures."
"There are these three accomplishments, monks. Which three? Accomplishment in action, accomplishment in livelihood, accomplishment in view. And what, monks, is accomplishment in action? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from killing living beings, etc. abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, accomplishment in action.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in livelihood? Here, monks, a certain one has right livelihood, earns his living by right livelihood. This is called, monks, accomplishment in livelihood.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds right view, has undistorted vision - 'There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed... etc. who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, accomplishment in view. These, monks, are the three accomplishments." The seventh.
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The First Discourse on Purity
121. "There are, monks, these three purities. What three? Bodily purity, verbal purity, mental purity. And what, monks, is bodily purity? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct. This is called, monks, bodily purity.
"And what, monks, is verbal purity? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from lying, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, verbal purity.
"And what, monks, is mental purity? Here, monks, a certain one is non-covetous, has a mind without ill-will, and holds right view. This is called, monks, mental purity. These, monks, are the three purities." The eighth.
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The Second Discourse on Purity
122. "There are, monks, these three purities. What three? Bodily purity, verbal purity, mental purity. And what, monks, is bodily purity? Here, monks, a monk abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from not practising the holy life. This is called, monks, bodily purity.
"And what, monks, is verbal purity? Here, monks, a monk abstains from lying, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, verbal purity.
"And what, monks, is mental purity? Here, monks, a monk, when there is sensual desire internally - understands 'there is sensual desire internally in me'; or when there is no sensual desire internally - understands 'there is no sensual desire internally in me'; and he understands how the arising of unarisen sensual desire occurs; and he understands how the abandoning of arisen sensual desire occurs; and he understands how the non-arising in the future of abandoned sensual desire occurs; when there is anger internally - understands 'there is anger internally in me'; or when there is no anger internally - understands 'there is no anger internally in me'; and he understands how the arising of unarisen anger occurs; and he understands how the abandoning of arisen anger occurs; and he understands how the non-arising in the future of abandoned anger occurs; when there is sloth and torpor internally - understands 'there is sloth and torpor internally in me'; or when there is no sloth and torpor internally - understands 'there is no sloth and torpor internally in me'; and he understands how the arising of unarisen sloth and torpor occurs; and he understands how the abandoning of arisen sloth and torpor occurs; and he understands how the non-arising in the future of abandoned sloth and torpor occurs; when there is restlessness and remorse internally - understands 'there is restlessness and remorse internally in me'; or when there is no restlessness and remorse internally - understands 'there is no restlessness and remorse internally in me'; and he understands how the arising of unarisen restlessness and remorse occurs; and he understands how the abandoning of arisen restlessness and remorse occurs; and he understands how the non-arising in the future of abandoned restlessness and remorse occurs; when there is sceptical doubt internally - understands 'there is sceptical doubt internally in me'; or when there is no sceptical doubt internally - understands 'there is no sceptical doubt internally in me'; and he understands how the arising of unarisen sceptical doubt occurs; and he understands how the abandoning of arisen sceptical doubt occurs; and he understands how the non-arising in the future of abandoned sceptical doubt occurs. This is called, monks, mental purity. These, monks, are the three purities.
Pure, accomplished in purity, they call him one who has washed away evil." The ninth.
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The Discourse on Moral Perfection
123. "There are, monks, these three moral perfections. What three? Bodily moral perfection, verbal moral perfection, mental moral perfection. And what, monks, is bodily moral perfection? Here, monks, a monk abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from not practising the holy life. This is called, monks, bodily moral perfection.
"And what, monks, is verbal moral perfection? Here, monks, a monk abstains from lying, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, verbal moral perfection.
"And what, monks, is mental moral perfection? Here, monks, a monk, with the elimination of the mental corruptions, in this very life, having realised by direct knowledge himself, having attained, dwells in the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are without mental corruptions. This is called, monks, mental moral perfection. These, monks, are the three moral perfections."
A sage accomplished in moral perfection, they call him one who has abandoned all." The tenth.
The Chapter on Those Bound for the Realm of Misery is twelfth.
Its summary:
Unmistakable and action, two purities and moral perfection.