[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahaparinibbanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) › 1.23 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.23 Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.23 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.1) Atha kho bhagavā pāṭaligāmike upāsake āmantesi: > Then the Buddha addressed them: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.2) “pañcime, gahapatayo, ādīnavā dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > “Householders, there are these five drawbacks for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.3) Katame pañca? > What five? > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.4) Idha, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno pamādādhikaraṇaṃ mahatiṃ bhogajāniṃ nigacchati. > Firstly, an unethical person loses great wealth on account of negligence. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.5) Ayaṃ paṭhamo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > This is the first drawback for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.6) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlassa sīlavipannassa pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati. > Furthermore, an unethical person gets a bad reputation. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.7) Ayaṃ dutiyo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > This is the second drawback. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.8) 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. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.9) Ayaṃ tatiyo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > This is the third drawback. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.10) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, dussīlo sīlavipanno sammūḷho kālaṃ karoti. > Furthermore, an unethical person feels lost when they die. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.11) Ayaṃ catuttho ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > This is the fourth drawback. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.12) 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. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.13) Ayaṃ pañcamo ādīnavo dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > This is the fifth drawback. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23.14) Ime kho, gahapatayo, pañca ādīnavā dussīlassa sīlavipattiyā. > These are the five drawbacks for an unethical person because of their failure in ethics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.1.23.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.1.23.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.1.23.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.1.23.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.23) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.149) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.6.28.3.10) — Pāli - [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.2.1.45) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.23) · Pramāṇa