{"id":"an8.84","title":"A Master Thief","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.84","title":"A Master Thief","units":[{"id":"an8.84:0","sourceIds":["an8.84:0.1","an8.84:0.2","an8.84:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.84\n9. Sativagga\nCorasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.84\n9. Mindfulness\nA Master Thief"}},{"id":"an8.84:1","sourceIds":["an8.84:1.1","an8.84:1.2","an8.84:1.3","an8.84:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato mahācoro khippaṁ pariyāpajjati, na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nAppaharantassa paharati, anavasesaṁ ādiyati, itthiṁ hanati, kumāriṁ dūseti, pabbajitaṁ vilumpati, rājakosaṁ vilumpati, accāsanne kammaṁ karoti, na ca nidhānakusalo hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgato mahācoro khippaṁ pariyāpajjati, na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.","en":"“Mendicants, a master thief with eight factors is soon executed, and doesn’t have long to live.\nWhat eight?\nHe attacks unprovoked. He steals everything without exception. He kills a woman. He rapes a girl. He robs a monk. He robs the royal treasury. He works close to home. He’s not skilled at hiding his booty.\nA master thief with these eight factors is soon executed, and doesn’t have long to live."}},{"id":"an8.84:2","sourceIds":["an8.84:2.1","an8.84:2.2","an8.84:2.3","an8.84:2.4","an8.84:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato mahācoro na khippaṁ pariyāpajjati, ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nNa appaharantassa paharati, na anavasesaṁ ādiyati, na itthiṁ hanati, na kumāriṁ dūseti, na pabbajitaṁ vilumpati, na rājakosaṁ vilumpati, na accāsanne kammaṁ karoti, nidhānakusalo ca hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgato mahācoro na khippaṁ pariyāpajjati, ciraṭṭhitiko hotī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"A master thief with eight factors is not soon executed, and lives long.\nWhat eight?\nHe doesn’t attack unprovoked. He doesn’t steal everything without exception. He doesn’t kill a woman. He doesn’t rape a girl. He doesn’t rob a monk. He doesn’t rob the royal treasury. He doesn’t work close to home. He’s skilled at hiding his booty.\nA master thief with these eight factors is not soon executed, and lives long.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.84/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."}