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The Long Āgama Sūtra 8.32

長阿含經 8.32

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Classical Chinese

8.32

「彼苦行者,設見有人供養沙門、婆羅門,代其歡喜而不呵止,是為苦行離垢法也;彼苦行者,若見沙門、婆羅門食更生之物,不呵責之,是為苦行離垢法也;彼苦行者,有不淨食,心不恡惜,若有淨食,則不染著,能見己過,知出要法,是為苦行離垢法也;彼苦行者,不自稱譽,不毀他人,是為苦行離垢法也;彼苦行者,不殺、盜、婬、兩舌、惡口、妄言、綺語、貪取、嫉妬、邪見,是為苦行離垢法也。

“If those ascetic practitioners see someone give offerings to ascetics and priests, they are happy for them and don’t tell rebuke the person. This is an ascetic practice that’s undefiled.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

“When those ascetic practitioners see ascetics and priests eat living things, they don’t rebuke them. This is an ascetic practice that’s undefiled.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

“When those ascetic practitioners have impure food, they don’t feel stingy. If they have pure food, then they aren’t attached to it. They can see their own defects and know how to escape them. This is an ascetic practice that’s undefiled.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

“Those ascetic practitioners don’t praise themselves and criticize other people. This is an ascetic practice that’s undefiled.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

“Those ascetic practitioners don’t kill, steal, engage in sex, speak duplicitously, harshly, or frivolously, nor are they greedy, jealous, or have wrong views. This is an ascetic practice that’s undefiled.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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