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3.5.3 Upālisuttaṃ, Part Two

How to Avoid Wrong Action

Upālisuttaṃ, Part Two How to Avoid Wrong Action

… So evaṃ pabbajito samāno bhikkhūnaṃ sikkhāsājīvasamāpanno.

… Having thus gone forth, following the system of training and the way of living the life of a Bhikkhu,

pāṇātipātaṃ pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti

abandoning killing, he abstains from the taking of life.

nihitadaṇḍo nihitasattho lajjī

dayāpanno sabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī viharati.

He dwells with his stick and his sword laid down, modest, showing sympathy for the welfare towards all living beings he dwells in compassion.

Adinnādānaṃ pahāya

adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti

dinnādāyī dinnapāṭikaṅkhī;

athenena sucibhūtena attanā viharati.

Abandoning the taking of what is not given,

he abstains from taking what is not given,

accepts what is given as if desired,

lives not by stealth but by means of a self that has become pure.

Abrahmacariyaṃ pahāya

brahmacārī hoti ārācārī virato

methunā gāmadhammā.

Abandoning non-celibacy,

he lives a celibate life, aloof,

refraining from the sexual act that is of the common people. …

Upālivaggo, Dutiyapaṇṇāsakaṃ, Dasakanipātapāḷi, Aṅguttaranikāyo


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