{"id":"sn47.47","title":"Bad Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.47","title":"Bad Conduct","units":[{"id":"sn47.47:0","sourceIds":["sn47.47:0.1","sn47.47:0.2","sn47.47:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.47\n5. Amatavagga\nDuccaritasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.47\n5. Freedom From Death\nBad Conduct"}},{"id":"sn47.47:1","sourceIds":["sn47.47:1.1","sn47.47:1.2","sn47.47:1.3","sn47.47:1.4","sn47.47:1.5","sn47.47:1.6","sn47.47:1.7","sn47.47:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.\n“Tasmātiha tvaṁ, bhikkhu, ādimeva visodhehi kusalesu dhammesu.\nKo cādi kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ?\nIdha tvaṁ, bhikkhu, kāyaduccaritaṁ pahāya kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvessasi.\nVacīduccaritaṁ pahāya vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvessasi.\nManoduccaritaṁ pahāya manosucaritaṁ bhāvessasi.\nYato kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, kāyaduccaritaṁ pahāya kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvessasi, vacīduccaritaṁ pahāya vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvessasi, manoduccaritaṁ pahāya manosucaritaṁ bhāvessasi, tato tvaṁ, bhikkhu, sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bhāveyyāsi.","en":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and said:\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”\n“Well then, mendicant, you should purify the starting point of skillful qualities.\nWhat is the beginning of skillful qualities?\nGive up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.\nWhen you’ve done this, you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, depending on and grounded on ethics."}},{"id":"sn47.47:2","sourceIds":["sn47.47:2.1","sn47.47:2.2","sn47.47:2.3","sn47.47:2.4","sn47.47:2.5","sn47.47:2.6","sn47.47:2.7","sn47.47:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katame cattāro?\nIdha tvaṁ, bhikkhu, kāye kāyānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nYato kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne evaṁ bhāvessasi, tato tuyhaṁ, bhikkhu, yā ratti vā divaso vā āgamissati vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihānī”ti …pe…\naññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"What four?\nMeditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nMeditate observing an aspect of feelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nWhen you develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation in this way, depending on and grounded on ethics, you can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.” …\nAnd that mendicant became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.47/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."}