{"id":"an2.21-31","title":"The Chapter on Fools","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an2.21-31","title":"The Chapter on Fools","units":[{"id":"an2.21:0","sourceIds":["an2.21:0.1","an2.21:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 2\n3. Bālavagga","en":"Numbered Discourses 2.21–31\nThe Chapter on Fools"}},{"id":"an2.21:1","sourceIds":["an2.21:1.0","an2.21:1.1","an2.21:1.2","an2.21:1.3","an2.21:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"21\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca accayaṁ accayato na passati, yo ca accayaṁ desentassa yathādhammaṁ nappaṭiggaṇhāti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve bālāti.","en":"21\n“Mendicants, there are two fools.\nWhat two?\nOne who doesn’t recognize when they’ve made a mistake. And one who doesn’t properly accept the confession of someone who’s made a mistake.\nThese are the two fools."}},{"id":"an2.21:2","sourceIds":["an2.21:2.1","an2.21:2.2","an2.21:2.3","an2.21:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca accayaṁ accayato passati, yo ca accayaṁ desentassa yathādhammaṁ paṭiggaṇhāti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"There are two who are astute.\nWhat two?\nOne who recognizes when they’ve made a mistake. And one who properly accepts the confession of someone who’s made a mistake.\nThese are the two who are astute.”"}},{"id":"an2.22:1","sourceIds":["an2.22:1.0","an2.22:1.1","an2.22:1.2","an2.22:1.3","an2.22:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"22\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhanti.\nKatame dve?\nDuṭṭho vā dosantaro, saddho vā duggahitena.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhantī”ti.","en":"22\n“Mendicants, these two misrepresent the Realized One.\nWhat two?\nOne who is hateful and hides it, and one whose faith is mistaken.\nThese two misrepresent the Realized One.”"}},{"id":"an2.23:1","sourceIds":["an2.23:1.0","an2.23:1.1","an2.23:1.2","an2.23:1.3","an2.23:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"23\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhanti.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatena bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpeti, yo ca bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatena abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhantīti.","en":"23\n“Mendicants, these two misrepresent the Realized One.\nWhat two?\nOne who explains what was not spoken by the Realized One as spoken by him. And one who explains what was spoken by the Realized One as not spoken by him.\nThese two misrepresent the Realized One."}},{"id":"an2.23:2","sourceIds":["an2.23:2.1","an2.23:2.2","an2.23:2.3","an2.23:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dveme, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ nābbhācikkhanti.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatena abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpeti, yo ca bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatena bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve tathāgataṁ nābbhācikkhantī”ti.","en":"These two don’t misrepresent the Realized One.\nWhat two?\nOne who explains what was not spoken by the Realized One as not spoken by him. And one who explains what was spoken by the Realized One as spoken by him.\nThese two don’t misrepresent the Realized One.”"}},{"id":"an2.24:1","sourceIds":["an2.24:1.0","an2.24:1.1","an2.24:1.2","an2.24:1.3","an2.24:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"24\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhanti.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca neyyatthaṁ suttantaṁ nītattho suttantoti dīpeti, yo ca nītatthaṁ suttantaṁ neyyattho suttantoti dīpeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve tathāgataṁ abbhācikkhantī”ti.","en":"24\n“Mendicants, these two misrepresent the Realized One.\nWhat two?\nOne who explains a discourse in need of interpretation as a discourse whose meaning is explicit. And one who explains a discourse whose meaning is explicit as a discourse in need of interpretation.\nThese two misrepresent the Realized One.”"}},{"id":"an2.25:1","sourceIds":["an2.25:1.0","an2.25:1.1","an2.25:1.2","an2.25:1.3","an2.25:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"25\n“Dveme, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ nābbhācikkhanti.\nKatame dve?\nYo ca neyyatthaṁ suttantaṁ neyyattho suttantoti dīpeti, yo ca nītatthaṁ suttantaṁ nītattho suttantoti dīpeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, dve tathāgataṁ nābbhācikkhantī”ti.","en":"25\n“These two don’t misrepresent the Realized One.\nWhat two?\nOne who explains a discourse in need of interpretation as a discourse in need of interpretation. And one who explains a discourse whose meaning is explicit as a discourse whose meaning is explicit.\nThese two don’t misrepresent the Realized One.”"}},{"id":"an2.26:1","sourceIds":["an2.26:1.0","an2.26:1.1","an2.26:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"26\n“Paṭicchannakammantassa, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ gatīnaṁ aññatarā gati pāṭikaṅkhā—\nnirayo vā tiracchānayoni vāti.","en":"26\n“Mendicants, one who is underhand can expect one of two destinies:\nhell or the animal realm."}},{"id":"an2.26:2","sourceIds":["an2.26:2.1","an2.26:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appaṭicchannakammantassa, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ gatīnaṁ aññatarā gati pāṭikaṅkhā—\ndevā vā manussā vā”ti.","en":"One who is aboveboard can expect one of two destinies:\nas a god or a human.”"}},{"id":"an2.27:1","sourceIds":["an2.27:1.0","an2.27:1.1","an2.27:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"27\n“Micchādiṭṭhikassa, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ gatīnaṁ aññatarā gati pāṭikaṅkhā—\nnirayo vā tiracchānayoni vā”ti.","en":"27\n“Mendicants, one who has wrong view can expect one of two destinies:\nhell or the animal realm.”"}},{"id":"an2.28:1","sourceIds":["an2.28:1.0","an2.28:1.1","an2.28:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"28\n“Sammādiṭṭhikassa, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ gatīnaṁ aññatarā gati pāṭikaṅkhā—\ndevā vā manussā vā”ti.","en":"28\n“Mendicants, one who has right view can expect one of two destinies:\nas a god or a human.”"}},{"id":"an2.29:1","sourceIds":["an2.29:1.0","an2.29:1.1","an2.29:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"29\n“Dussīlassa, bhikkhave, dve paṭiggāhā—\nnirayo vā tiracchānayoni vā.","en":"29\n“There are two places waiting to receive an unethical person:\nhell and the animal realm."}},{"id":"an2.29:2","sourceIds":["an2.29:2.1","an2.29:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlavato, bhikkhave, dve paṭiggāhā—\ndevā vā manussā vā”ti.","en":"There are two places waiting to receive an ethical person:\nthe realms of gods and humans.”"}},{"id":"an2.30:1","sourceIds":["an2.30:1.0","an2.30:1.1","an2.30:1.2","an2.30:1.3","an2.30:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"30\n“Dvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, atthavase sampassamāno araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevāmi.\nKatame dve?\nAttano ca diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāraṁ sampassamāno, pacchimañca janataṁ anukampamāno.\nIme kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, dve atthavase sampassamāno araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevāmī”ti.","en":"30\n“Mendicants, I see two reasons to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.\nWhat two?\nSeeing happiness for oneself in this life, and having sympathy for future generations.\nI see two reasons to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.”"}},{"id":"an2.31:1","sourceIds":["an2.31:1.0","an2.31:1.1","an2.31:1.2","an2.31:1.3","an2.31:1.4","an2.31:1.5","an2.31:1.6","an2.31:1.7","an2.31:1.8","an2.31:1.9","an2.31:1.10","an2.31:1.11","an2.31:1.12","an2.31:1.13","an2.31:1.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"31\n“Dve me, bhikkhave, dhammā vijjābhāgiyā.\nKatame dve?\nSamatho ca vipassanā ca.\nSamatho, bhikkhave, bhāvito kamatthamanubhoti?\nCittaṁ bhāvīyati.\nCittaṁ bhāvitaṁ kamatthamanubhoti?\nYo rāgo so pahīyati.\nVipassanā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā kamatthamanubhoti?\nPaññā bhāvīyati.\nPaññā bhāvitā kamatthamanubhoti?\nYā avijjā sā pahīyati.\nRāgupakkiliṭṭhaṁ vā, bhikkhave, cittaṁ na vimuccati, avijjupakkiliṭṭhā vā paññā na bhāvīyati.\nIti kho, bhikkhave, rāgavirāgā cetovimutti, avijjāvirāgā paññāvimuttī”ti.\nBālavaggo tatiyo.","en":"31\n“These two things play a part in realization.\nWhat two?\nSerenity and discernment.\nWhat is the benefit of developing serenity?\nThe mind is developed.\nWhat is the benefit of developing the mind?\nGreed is given up.\nWhat is the benefit of developing discernment?\nWisdom is developed.\nWhat is the benefit of developing wisdom?\nIgnorance is given up.\nThe mind corrupted by greed is not free; and wisdom corrupted by ignorance does not grow.\nIn this way, freedom of heart comes from the fading away of greed, while freedom by wisdom comes from the fading away of ignorance.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.21-31/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."}