Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)

AN 10.168

The Noble Descent · Ariyapaccorohaṇīsutta

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“Mendicants, I will teach you the noble descent. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:

“Ariyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paccorohaṇiṁ desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

“And what, mendicants, is the noble descent? It’s when a noble disciple reflects: ‘Killing living creatures has a bad result in the present life and in lives to come.’ Reflecting like this, they give up killing living creatures, they descend from killing living creatures.

“Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ariyā paccorohaṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘pāṇātipātassa kho pāpako vipāko— diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti. So iti paṭisaṅkhāya pāṇātipātaṁ pajahati; pāṇātipātā paccorohati.

… ‘Stealing has a bad result in the present life and in lives to come.’ Reflecting like this, they give up stealing, they descend from stealing.

… ‘Adinnādānassa kho pāpako vipāko— diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti. So iti paṭisaṅkhāya adinnādānaṁ pajahati; adinnādānā paccorohati.

… ‘Sexual misconduct has a bad result …’ … they descend from sexual misconduct.

… ‘Kāmesumicchācārassa kho pāpako vipāko …pe… kāmesumicchācārā paccorohati.

… ‘Lying has a bad result …’ … they descend from lying.

… ‘Musāvādassa kho pāpako vipāko …pe… musāvādā paccorohati.

… ‘Backbiting has a bad result …’ … they descend from backbiting.

… ‘Pisuṇāya vācāya kho pāpako vipāko …pe… pisuṇāya vācāya paccorohati.

… ‘Harsh speech has a bad result …’ … they descend from harsh speech.

… ‘Pharusāya vācāya kho pāpako vipāko …pe… pharusāya vācāya paccorohati.

… ‘Talking nonsense has a bad result …’ … they descend from talking nonsense.

… ‘Samphappalāpassa kho pāpako vipāko …pe… samphappalāpā paccorohati.

… ‘Covetousness has a bad result …’ … they descend from covetousness.

… ‘Abhijjhāya kho pāpako vipāko …pe… abhijjhāya paccorohati.

… ‘Ill will has a bad result …’ … they descend from ill will.

… ‘Byāpādassa kho pāpako vipāko …pe… byāpādā paccorohati.

… ‘Wrong view has a bad result both in the present life and in lives to come.’ Reflecting like this, they give up wrong view, they descend from wrong view. This is called the noble descent.”

… ‘Micchādiṭṭhiyā kho pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti. So iti paṭisaṅkhāya micchādiṭṭhiṁ pajahati; micchādiṭṭhiyā paccorohati. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyā paccorohaṇī”ti. Dutiyaṁ.