• Numbered Discourses 1.150–169 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 1

The Chapter on Non-offense 12. Anāpattivagga

150 150

ā€œMendicants, those mendicants who explain a non-offense as an offense are acting for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans. ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« anāpattiṁ āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanaahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanaasukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« apuƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ antaradhāpentÄ«ā€ti.

151 151

ā€œMendicants, those mendicants who explain an offense as a non-offense are acting for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans. ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« āpattiṁ anāpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanaahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanaasukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ. Those mendicants brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« apuƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ antaradhāpentÄ«ā€ti.

152–159 152–159

ā€œThose mendicants who explain a light offense as a heavy offense … a heavy offense as a light offense … a grave offense as a minor offense … a minor offense as a grave offense … a curable offense as an incurable offense … an incurable offense as a curable offense … an offense requiring amends as an offense not requiring amends … an offense not requiring amends as an offense with redress are acting for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans. ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« lahukaṁ āpattiṁ garukā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… garukaṁ āpattiṁ lahukā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… duį¹­į¹­hullaṁ āpattiṁ aduį¹­į¹­hullā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… aduį¹­į¹­hullaṁ āpattiṁ duį¹­į¹­hullā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… sāvasesaṁ āpattiṁ anavasesā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… anavasesaṁ āpattiṁ sāvasesā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… sappaį¹­ikammaṁ āpattiṁ appaį¹­ikammā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti …pe… appaį¹­ikammaṁ āpattiṁ sappaį¹­ikammā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanaahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanaasukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ. Those mendicants brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« apuƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ antaradhāpentÄ«ā€ti.

160 160

ā€œMendicants, those mendicants who explain a non-offense as a non-offense are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans. ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« anāpattiṁ anāpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« puƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ į¹­hapentÄ«ā€ti.

161 161

ā€œMendicants, those mendicants who explain an offense as an offense are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans. ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« āpattiṁ āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« puƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ į¹­hapentÄ«ā€ti.

162–169 162–169

ā€œThose mendicants who explain a light offense as a light offense … a heavy offense as a heavy offense … a grave offense as a grave offense … a minor offense as a minor offense … a curable offense as a curable offense … an incurable offense as an incurable offense … an offense requiring amends as an offense requiring amends … an offense not requiring amends as an offense requiring amends ā€œYe te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« lahukaṁ āpattiṁ lahukā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … garukaṁ āpattiṁ garukā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … duį¹­į¹­hullaṁ āpattiṁ duį¹­į¹­hullā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … aduį¹­į¹­hullaṁ āpattiṁ aduį¹­į¹­hullā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … sāvasesaṁ āpattiṁ sāvasesā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … anavasesaṁ āpattiṁ anavasesā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … sappaį¹­ikammaṁ āpattiṁ sappaį¹­ikammā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti … appaį¹­ikammaṁ āpattiṁ appaį¹­ikammā āpattÄ«ti dÄ«penti; are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans. te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« bahujanahitāya paį¹­ipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.ā€ BahuƱca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« puƱƱaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ į¹­hapentÄ«ā€ti.

Anāpattivaggo dvādasamo.