The Long Āgama Sūtra 22.39
長阿含經 22.39
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- Classical Chinese
22.39
爾時,種德尋告五百婆羅門曰:「鴦伽摩納今在此眾中,是我外甥,汝等見不?今諸大眾普共集此,唯除瞿曇顏貌端正,其餘無及此摩納者;而此摩納殺生、偷盜、淫逸、無禮、虛妄、欺誑,以火燒人,斷道為惡。諸婆羅門!此鴦伽摩納眾惡悉備,然則諷誦、端正,竟何用為?」
Śroṇatāṇḍya then told the five hundred priests, “Now, don’t you see my nephew who’s a student here in this assembly? Of everyone assembled here, only Gautama’s appearance is as handsome as his, but that student does evil things like killing, stealing, engaging in sex, lacking courtesy, lying, deceiving, burning people with fire, and cutting them off from the path. Priests, this student from Aṅga has done all these evil things, so what purpose do the Vedas and being handsome serve in the end?”
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- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
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- Soṇadaṇḍasutta — Pāli