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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ३।२
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.2
Numbered Discourses 3.2
१। बालवग्ग
1. Bālavagga
1. Fools
लक्खणसुत्त
Lakkhaṇasutta
Characteristics
“कम्मलक्खणो, भिक्खवे, बालो, कम्मलक्खणो पण्डितो, अपदानसोभनी पञ्ञाति। तीहि, भिक्खवे, धम्मेहि समन्नागतो बालो वेदितब्बो। कतमेहि तीहि? कायदुच्चरितेन, वचीदुच्चरितेन, मनोदुच्चरितेन।
“Kammalakkhaṇo, bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhaṇo paṇḍito, apadānasobhanī1 paññāti. Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo. Katamehi tīhi? Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena.
“A fool is characterized by their deeds, and an astute person is characterized by their deeds, for wisdom shows in its traces. A fool is known by three things. What three? Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
इमेहि खो, भिक्खवे, तीहि धम्मेहि समन्नागतो बालो वेदितब्बो।
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.
These are the three things by which a fool is known.
तीहि, भिक्खवे, धम्मेहि समन्नागतो पण्डितो वेदितब्बो। कतमेहि तीहि? कायसुचरितेन, वचीसुचरितेन, मनोसुचरितेन।
Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo. Katamehi tīhi? Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena.
An astute person is known by three things. What three? Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
इमेहि खो, भिक्खवे, तीहि धम्मेहि समन्नागतो पण्डितो वेदितब्बो।
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.
These are the three things by which an astute person is known.
तस्मातिह, भिक्खवे, एवं सिक्खितब्बं: ‘येहि तीहि धम्मेहि समन्नागतो बालो वेदितब्बो ते तयो धम्मे अभिनिवज्जेत्वा, येहि तीहि धम्मेहि समन्नागतो पण्डितो वेदितब्बो ते तयो धम्मे समादाय वत्तिस्सामाऽति। एवञ्हि वो, भिक्खवे, सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo te tayo dhamme abhinivajjetvā, yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo te tayo dhamme samādāya vattissāmā’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.
So you should train like this: ‘We will reject the three things by which a fool is known, and we will undertake and follow the three things by which an astute person is known.’ That’s how you should train.”
दुतियं।
Dutiyaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
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