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AN 1.98-139
PTS: A i 18
Dutiyapamādādivaggo: The Second Section on Heedlessness
translated from the Pali by
sangham.net (Samana Johann)

98. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great harm like negligence. Negligence, Bhikkhus, leads to great harm. This for the first.

99. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great harm like heedlessness. Heedlessness, Bhikkhus, leads to great harm. This for the second.

100. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great harm like lethargy. Lethargy, Bhikkhus, leads to great harm. This for the third.

101. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great benefit like aroused persistence. Aroused persistence, Bhikkhus, leads to great benefit. This for the forth.

102-109. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great benefit like immodesty... which leads to so great benefit like modesty... which leads to so great harm like in-contentment... which leads to so great benefit like contentment... which leads to so great harm like improper attention... which leads to so great benefit like proper attention... which leads to so great harm like lacking of ability to judge... which leads to so great benefit like ability to judge... Ability to judge , Bhikkhus, leads to great benefit. This for the twelfth.

110. "Outwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great harm like bad friendship. Bad friendship, Bhikkhus, leads to great harm. This for the thirteenth.

111. "Outwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great benefit like admirable friendship. Admirable friendship, Bhikkhus, leads to great benefit. This for the fourteenth.

112. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great harm like attending to unskilful qualities and not attending to skilful qualities. Attending to unskilful qualities and not attending to skilful qualities., Bhikkhus, leads to great harm. This for the fifteenth.

113. "Inwardly, Bhikkhus, I can not envision any single factor which leads to such a great benefit like attending to skilful qualities and not attending to unskilful qualities. Attending to skilful qualities and not attending to unskilful qualities., Bhikkhus, leads to great benefit. This for the sixteenth.

114. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma[1] like negligence. Negligence, Bhikkhus, leads to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the seventeenth.

115. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma like heedlessness. Heedlessness, Bhikkhus, leads to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the eighteenth.

116. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma like lethargy. Lethargy, Bhikkhus, leads to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the nineteenth.

117. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to non-confusion and non-disappearance of the true Dhamma like aroused persistence. Aroused persistence, Bhikkhus, leads to non-confusion and non-disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the twentieth.

118-128. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma like immodesty... to non-confusion and non-disappearance... like modesty... to confusion and disappearance... in-contentment... to non-confusion and non-disappearance... like contentment... to confusion and disappearance... like improper attention... to non-confusion and non-disappearance... like proper attention... to confusion and disappearance... like lacking ability to judge... to non-confusion and non-disappearance... like ability to judge... to confusion and disappearance... like bad friendship... to non-confusion and non-disappearance... like admirable friendship... to confusion and disappearance... like attending to unskilful qualities and not attending to skilful qualities. Attending to unskilful qualities and not attending to skilful qualities, Bhikkhus, leads to confusion and disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the thirty first.

129. "I, Bhikkhus, do not envision anything that does not lead to non-confusion and non-disappearance of the true Dhamma like attending to skilful qualities and not attending to unskilful qualities. Attending to skilful qualities and not attending to unskilful qualities, Bhikkhus, leads to non-confusion and non-disappearance of the true Dhamma. This for the thirty second.

130. "Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus who point out wrong Dhamma as Dhamma, Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus archive harm for many people, suffering for many people, for the sorrow and suffering of heavenly and human beings. Much demerits, Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus produce, for the disappearing of the true Dhamma. This for the thirty third.

131. "Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus who point out Dhamma as wrong Dhamma, Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus archive harm for many people, suffering for many people, for the sorrow and suffering of heavenly and human beings. Much demerits, Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus produce, for the disappearing of the true Dhamma. This for the thirty forth.

132-139. "Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus who point out wrong Vinaya as Vinaya[2]... Vinaya as wrong Vinaya... not declared by the Tathagāta as declared by the Tathagāta... declared by the Tathagāta as not declared by the Tathagāta... not practised by the Tathagāta as practised by the Tathagāta... practised by the Tathagāta as not practised by the Tathagāta... not made know by the Tathagāta as made know by the Tathagāta... made know by the Tathagāta as not made know by the Tathagāta, those Bhikkhus archive harm for many people, suffering for many people, for the sorrow and suffering of heavenly and human beings. Much demerits, Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus produce, for the disappearing of the true Dhamma. This for the forty second.

Notes

1.
Dhamma, the teaching of the Buddha.
2.
Vinaya, Disciplin, the rules of conduct of the monks, virtue and behaviour.
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