Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.23

Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.23

Language: Pāli

1.23.1

Atha kho bhagavā pāṭaligāmike upāsake āmantesi:

Then the Buddha addressed them:
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1.23.2

“pañcime, gahapatayo, ādīnavā dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

“Householders, there are these five drawbacks for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics.
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1.23.3

Katame pañca?

What five?
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1.23.4

Idha, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno pamādādhikaraṇaṃ mahatiṃ bhogajāniṃ nigacchati.

Firstly, an unethical person loses great wealth on account of negligence.
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1.23.5

Ayaṃ paṭhamo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

This is the first drawback for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics.
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1.23.6

Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlassa sīlavipannassa pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati.

Furthermore, an unethical person gets a bad reputation.
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1.23.7

Ayaṃ dutiyo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

This is the second drawback.
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1.23.8

Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno yaññadeva parisaṃ upasaṅkamati—yadi khattiyaparisaṃ yadi brāhmaṇaparisaṃ yadi gahapatiparisaṃ yadi samaṇaparisaṃ—avisārado upasaṅkamati maṅkubhūto.

Furthermore, an unethical person enters any kind of assembly unconfident and embarrassed, whether it’s an assembly of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, or ascetics.
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1.23.9

Ayaṃ tatiyo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

This is the third drawback.
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1.23.10

Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno sammūḷho kālaṃ karoti.

Furthermore, an unethical person feels lost when they die.
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1.23.11

Ayaṃ catuttho ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

This is the fourth drawback.
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1.23.12

Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjati.

Furthermore, an unethical person, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.
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1.23.13

Ayaṃ pañcamo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

This is the fifth drawback.
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1.23.14

Ime kho, gahapatayo, pañca ādīnavā dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā.

These are the five drawbacks for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics.
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Translations (5)

Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English

Commentaries (1)

Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

Linked texts (2)

Mahāvagga — Pāli
Saṅgītisutta — Pāli