The Long Āgama Sūtra 9.10
長阿含經 9.10
- Language
- Classical Chinese
9.10
「諸比丘!如來說三正法,謂三不善根:一者貪欲,二者瞋恚,三者愚癡。復有三法,謂三善根:一者不貪,二者不恚,三者不癡。復有三法,謂三不善行:一者不善身行,二者不善口行,三者不善意行。復有三法,謂三不善行:身不善行、口不善行、意不善行。復有三法,謂三惡行:身惡行、口惡行、意惡行。復有三法,謂三善行:身善行、口善行、意善行。復有三法,謂三不善想:欲想、瞋想、害想。復有三法,謂三善想:無欲想、無瞋想、無害想。復有三法,謂三不善思:欲思、恚思、害思。復有三法,謂三善思:無欲思、無恚思、無害思。
“Monks, the Tathāgata has taught three correct things, which are known as three roots of what’s not good: First is craving, second is anger, and third is delusion.
“There are another three things, which are known as three roots of goodness: First is not craving, second is not being angry, and third is not being deluded.
“There are another three things, which are known as unskillful practices: First is unskillful physical conduct, second is unskillful verbal conduct, and third is unskillful mental conduct.
“There are another three things, which are known as three unskillful practices: First is physical unskillful conduct, second is verbal unskillful conduct, and third is mental unskillful conduct.
“There are another three things, which are three bad practices: Physical bad conduct, verbal bad conduct, and mental bad conduct.
“There are another three things, which are three good practices: Physical good conduct, verbal good conduct, and mental good conduct.
“There are another three things, which are three unskillful notions: Notions of desire, Notions of anger, and notions of harmfulness.
“There are another three things, which are three good notions: Notions without desire, notions without anger, and notions without harmfulness.
“There are another three things, which are three unskillful intentions: Intentions of desire, intentions of anger, and intentions of harmfulness.
“There are another three things, which are three good intentions: Intentions without desire, intentions without anger, and intentions without harmfulness.
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Saṅgītisutta — Pāli