The Long Āgama Sūtra 8.26
長阿含經 8.26
- Language
- Classical Chinese
8.26
「彼苦行者,聞他正義,不肯印可,是為垢穢。彼苦行者,他有正問,恡而不答,是為垢穢;彼苦行者,設見有人供養沙門、婆羅門,則訶止之,是為垢穢;彼苦行者,若見沙門、婆羅門食更生物,就呵責之,是為垢穢;彼苦行者,有不淨食,不肯施人,若有淨食,貪著自食,不見己過,不知出要,是為垢穢;彼苦行者,自稱己善,毀訾他人,是為垢穢;彼苦行者,為殺、盜、婬、兩舌、惡口、妄言、綺語、貪取、嫉妬、邪見、顛倒,是為垢穢。
“Those practitioners of asceticism hear correct doctrines from others, but they refuse to accept them. This is a defilement.
“When those practitioners of asceticism are asked correct questions by others, they are stingy and don’t answer. This is a defilement.
“If those practitioners of asceticism see someone giving offerings to ascetics and priests, they rebuke them for it. This is a defilement.
“If those practitioners of asceticism see ascetics and priests eating living things, they rebuke them. This is a defilement.
“When those practitioners of asceticism have impure food, they refuse a pure meal from a donor. If there’s pure food, they are attached to desire for their own food. They don’t see this is a mistake and don’t know how to escape from it. This is a defilement.
“Those practitioners of asceticism declare their own goodness and slander other people. This is a defilement.
“Those practitioners of asceticism kill, steal, engage in sex, speak duplicitously, harshly, falsely, and frivolously. They are greedy, jealous, have wrong views, and they are deluded. This is a defilement.
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Udumbarikasutta — Pāli