The Sutta Nipata
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Sutta Nipata II.6
Dhammacariya Sutta
Wrong Conduct
Translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland.
"The practice of Dhamma, [1]
the practice of continence, [2] mastery of this is
said to be best if a person has gone forth from home to the homeless life. But
if he is garrulous and, like a brute, delights in hurting others, his life is
evil and his impurity increases.
"A quarrelsome bhikkhu shrouded by delusion, does not
comprehend the Dhamma taught by the Awakened One when it is revealed. Annoying
those practiced in meditation, being led by ignorance, he is not aware that his
defiled path leads to Niraya-hell. Falling headlong,
passing from womb to womb, from darkness to (greater) darkness, such a bhikkhu
undergoes suffering hereafter for certain.
"As a cesspool filled over a
number of years is difficult to clean, similarly, whoever is full of impurity is
difficult to make pure. Whoever you know to be such, bhikkhus, bent on
worldliness, having wrong desires, wrong thoughts, wrong behavior and resort,
being completely united avoid him, sweep him out like dirt, remove him like
rubbish. Winnow like chaff the non-recluses. Having ejected those of wrong
desires, of wrong behavior and resort, be pure and mindful, dwelling with those
who are pure. Being united and prudent you will make an end to suffering."
-- vv. 274-283
Notes
1. Dhammacariya.
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2. Brahmacariya, the divine-life, the
practice of purity or chastity. Dhammacariya and Brahmacariya are two closely
related terms. "Dhamma" being used here in the sense of virtue or good
conduct.
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