Action

Kammantasutta

Action

Kammantasutta

EN
“Mendicants, there are three failures. What three? Failure in action, livelihood, and view. And what is failure in action?
PL
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vipattiyo. Katamā tisso? Kammantavipatti, ājīvavipatti, diṭṭhivipatti. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti?
EN
It’s when someone kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, and uses speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. This is called ‘failure in action’. And what is failure in livelihood? It’s when a noble disciple has wrong livelihood and earns a living by wrong livelihood.
PL
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… samphappalāpī hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchāājīvo hoti, micchāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti.
EN
This is called ‘failure in livelihood’. And what is failure in view? It’s when someone has wrong view, a distorted perspective, such as: ‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’
PL
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti viparītadassano: ‘natthi dinnaṁ, natthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti.
EN
This is called ‘failure in view’. These are the three failures. There are three accomplishments. What three?
PL
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti. Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vipattiyoti. Tisso imā, bhikkhave, sampadā. Katamā tisso?
EN
Accomplishment in action, livelihood, and view. And what is accomplishment in action? It’s when someone doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, or use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. This is called ‘accomplishment in action’.
PL
Kammantasampadā, ājīvasampadā, diṭṭhisampadā. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā.
EN
And what is accomplishment in livelihood? It’s when a noble disciple has right livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood. This is called ‘accomplishment in livelihood’. And what is accomplishment in view?
PL
Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammāājīvo hoti, sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā?
EN
It’s when someone has right view, an undistorted perspective, such as: ‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’ This is called ‘accomplishment in view’. These are the three accomplishments.”
PL
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti aviparītadassano: ‘atthi dinnaṁ, atthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā. Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso sampadā”ti.
PL
Sattamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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