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Theravāda Vinaya — Mahāvibhaṅga — Pārājikakaṇḍa

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    Theravāda Vinaya

    Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

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    Mahāvibhaṅga

    The Great Analysis

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    Pārājikakaṇḍa

    The chapter on offenses entailing expulsion

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    4. Catutthapārājikasikkhāpada

    4. The training rule on falsely claiming a superhuman quality

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    Tena samayena buddho bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.

    At one time when the Buddha was staying in the house with the peaked roof in the Great Wood near Vesālī,

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    Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā sandiṭṭhā sambhattā bhikkhū vaggumudāya nadiyā tīre vassaṁ upagacchiṁsu.

    a number of monks who were friends had entered the rainy-season residence on the banks of the river Vaggumudā.

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    Tena kho pana samayena vajjī dubbhikkhā hoti dvīhitikā setaṭṭhikā salākāvuttā,

    At that time Vajjī was short of food and afflicted with hunger, with crops affected by whiteheads and turned to straw.

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    na sukarā uñchena paggahena yāpetuṁ.

    It was not easy to get by on almsfood.

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    Atha kho tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi—“etarahi kho vajjī dubbhikkhā dvīhitikā setaṭṭhikā salākāvuttā, na sukarā uñchena paggahena yāpetuṁ.

    The monks considered the difficult circumstances, and they thought,

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    Kena nu kho mayaṁ upāyena samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vaseyyāma,

    “How can we have a comfortable rains, live in peace and harmony,

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    na ca piṇḍakena kilameyyāmā”ti?

    and get almsfood without trouble?”

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    Ekacce evamāhaṁsu—

    Some said,

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    “handa mayaṁ, āvuso, gihīnaṁ kammantaṁ adhiṭṭhema,

    “We could work for the householders,

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    evaṁ te amhākaṁ dātuṁ maññissanti.

    and they’ll support us in return.”

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    Evaṁ mayaṁ samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasissāma,

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    na ca piṇḍakena kilamissāmā”ti.

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    Ekacce evamāhaṁsu—

    Others said,

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    “alaṁ, āvuso, kiṁ gihīnaṁ kammantaṁ adhiṭṭhitena.

    “There’s no need to work for the householders.

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    Handa mayaṁ, āvuso, gihīnaṁ dūteyyaṁ harāma,

    Let’s instead take messages for them,

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    evaṁ te amhākaṁ dātuṁ maññissanti.

    and they’ll support us in return.”

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    Evaṁ mayaṁ samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasissāma,

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    na ca piṇḍakena kilamissāmā”ti.

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    Ekacce evamāhaṁsu—

    Still others said,

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    “alaṁ, āvuso, kiṁ gihīnaṁ kammantaṁ adhiṭṭhitena.

    “There’s no need to work or take messages for them.

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    Kiṁ gihīnaṁ dūteyyaṁ haṭena.

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    Handa mayaṁ, āvuso, gihīnaṁ aññamaññassa uttarimanussadhammassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsissāma—

    Let’s instead talk up one another’s superhuman qualities to the householders:

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    ‘asuko bhikkhu paṭhamassa jhānassa lābhī,

    ‘That monk has the first absorption,

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    asuko bhikkhu dutiyassa jhānassa lābhī,

    that monk the second absorption,

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    asuko bhikkhu tatiyassa jhānassa lābhī,

    that monk the third,

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    asuko bhikkhu catutthassa jhānassa lābhī,

    that monk the fourth;

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    asuko bhikkhu sotāpanno,

    that monk is a streamenterer,

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    asuko bhikkhu sakadāgāmī,

    that monk a once-returner,

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    asuko bhikkhu anāgāmī,

    that a non-returner,

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    asuko bhikkhu arahā,

    that a perfected one;

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    asuko bhikkhu tevijjo,

    that monk has the three true insights,

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    asuko bhikkhu chaḷabhiñño’ti.

    and that the six direct knowledges.’

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    Evaṁ te amhākaṁ dātuṁ maññissanti.

    Then they’ll support us.

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    Evaṁ mayaṁ samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasissāma,

    In this way we’ll have a comfortable and harmonious rains,

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    na ca piṇḍakena kilamissāmā”ti.

    and get almsfood without trouble.

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    “Esoyeva kho, āvuso, seyyo yo amhākaṁ gihīnaṁ aññamaññassa uttarimanussadhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito”ti.

    This is the way to go.”

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    Atha kho te bhikkhū gihīnaṁ aññamaññassa uttarimanussadhammassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsiṁsu—

    Then those monks did just that.

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    “asuko bhikkhu paṭhamassa jhānassa lābhī …pe…

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    asuko bhikkhu chaḷabhiñño”ti.

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    Atha kho te manussā—

    And the people there thought,

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    “lābhā vata no, suladdhaṁ vata no, yesaṁ no evarūpā bhikkhū vassaṁ upagatā;

    “We’re so fortunate that such monks have come to us for the rainy-season residence.

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    na vata no ito pubbe evarūpā bhikkhū vassaṁ upagatā yathayime bhikkhū sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā”ti,

    Such virtuous and good monks have never before entered the rains residence with us.”

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    te na tādisāni bhojanāni attanā paribhuñjanti mātāpitūnaṁ denti puttadārassa denti dāsakammakaraporisassa denti mittāmaccānaṁ denti ñātisālohitānaṁ denti, yādisāni bhikkhūnaṁ denti.

    And they gave such food and drink to those monks that they did not even eat and drink themselves, or give to their parents, to their wives and children, to their slaves, servants, and workers, to their friends and companions, or to their relatives.

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    Te na tādisāni khādanīyāni sāyanīyāni pānāni attanā khādanti sāyanti pivanti mātāpitūnaṁ denti puttadārassa denti dāsakammakaraporisassa denti mittāmaccānaṁ denti ñātisālohitānaṁ denti, yādisāni bhikkhūnaṁ denti.

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    Atha kho te bhikkhū vaṇṇavā ahesuṁ pīṇindriyā pasannamukhavaṇṇā vippasannachavivaṇṇā.

    Soon those monks had a good color, bright faces, clear skin, and sharp senses.

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    Āciṇṇaṁ kho panetaṁ vassaṁvuṭṭhānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ.

    Now it was the custom for monks who had completed the rainy-season residence to go and visit the Buddha.

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    Atha kho te bhikkhū vassaṁvuṭṭhā temāsaccayena senāsanaṁ saṁsāmetvā pattacīvaraṁ ādāya yena vesālī tena pakkamiṁsu.

    And so, when the three months were over and they had completed the rains residence, those monks put their dwellings in order, took their bowls and robes, and set out for Vesālī.

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    Anupubbena yena vesālī mahāvanaṁ kūṭāgārasālā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu.

    When they eventually arrived, they went to the house with the peaked roof in the Great Wood. There they approached the Buddha, bowed, and sat down.

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    Tena kho pana samayena disāsu vassaṁvuṭṭhā bhikkhū kisā honti lūkhā dubbaṇṇā uppaṇḍuppaṇḍukajātā dhamanisanthatagattā;

    At that time the monks who had completed the rains residence in that region were thin, haggard, and pale, with veins protruding all over their bodies.

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    vaggumudātīriyā pana bhikkhū vaṇṇavā honti pīṇindriyā pasannamukhavaṇṇā vippasannachavivaṇṇā.

    Yet the monks from the banks of the Vaggumudā had a good color, bright faces, clear skin, and sharp senses.

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    Āciṇṇaṁ kho panetaṁ buddhānaṁ bhagavantānaṁ āgantukehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṁ paṭisammodituṁ.

    Since it is the custom for Buddhas to greet newly-arrived monks,

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    Atha kho bhagavā vaggumudātīriye bhikkhū etadavoca—

    the Buddha said to them,

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    “kacci, bhikkhave, khamanīyaṁ kacci yāpanīyaṁ

    “I hope you’re keeping well, monks, I hope you’re getting by?

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    kacci samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasittha, na ca piṇḍakena kilamitthā”ti?

    I hope you had a comfortable and harmonious rains, and got almsfood without trouble?”

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    “Khamanīyaṁ, bhagavā, yāpanīyaṁ, bhagavā.

    “We’re keeping well, sir, we’re getting by.

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    Samaggā ca mayaṁ, bhante, sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasimhā, na ca piṇḍakena kilamimhā”ti.

    We had a comfortable and harmonious rains, and got almsfood without trouble.”

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    Jānantāpi tathāgatā pucchanti, jānantāpi na pucchanti …pe…

    When Buddhas know what is going on, sometimes they ask and sometimes not. They know the right time to ask and when not to ask. Buddhas ask when it is beneficial, otherwise they do not, for Buddhas are incapable of doing what is unbeneficial.

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    dvīhākārehi buddhā bhagavanto bhikkhū paṭipucchanti— “dhammaṁ vā desessāma, sāvakānaṁ vā sikkhāpadaṁ paññapessāmā”ti.

    Buddhas question the monks for two reasons: to give a teaching or to lay down a training rule.

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    Atha kho bhagavā vaggumudātīriye bhikkhū etadavoca—

    And the Buddha said to those monks,

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    “yathā kathaṁ pana tumhe, bhikkhave, samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā phāsukaṁ vassaṁ vasittha na ca piṇḍakena kilamitthā”ti?

    “In what way, monks, did you have a comfortable and harmonious rains? And how did you get almsfood without trouble?”

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    Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.

    They then told him.

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    “Kacci pana vo, bhikkhave, bhūtan”ti?

    “But did you really have those superhuman qualities?”

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    “Abhūtaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

    “No, sir.”

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    Vigarahi buddho bhagavā—

    The Buddha rebuked them,

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    “ananucchavikaṁ, moghapurisā, ananulomikaṁ appatirūpaṁ assāmaṇakaṁ akappiyaṁ akaraṇīyaṁ.

    “It’s not suitable, foolish men, it’s not proper, it’s not worthy of a monastic, it’s not allowable, it’s not to be done.

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    Kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, udarassa kāraṇā gihīnaṁ aññamaññassa uttarimanussadhammassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsissatha.

    How could you for the sake of your stomachs talk up one another’s superhuman qualities to householders?

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    Varaṁ tumhehi, moghapurisā, tiṇhena govikantanena kucchi parikanto, na tveva udarassa kāraṇā gihīnaṁ aññamaññassa uttarimanussadhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito.

    It would be better for your bellies to be cut open with a sharp butcher’s knife than for you to talk up one another’s superhuman qualities to householders.

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    Taṁ kissa hetu?

    Why is that?

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    Tatonidānañhi, moghapurisā, maraṇaṁ vā nigaccheyya maraṇamattaṁ vā dukkhaṁ,

    For although it might cause death or death-like suffering,

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    na tveva tappaccayā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjeyya.

    it would not cause you to be reborn in a bad destination.

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    Itonidānañca kho, moghapurisā, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjeyya.

    But this might.

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    Netaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…

    This will affect people’s confidence …”

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    vigarahitvā dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

    After rebuking them and giving a teaching, he addressed the monks:

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    “Pañcime, bhikkhave, mahācorā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

    “Monks, there are these five notorious gangsters to be found in the world.

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    Katame pañca?

    What five?

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    Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa mahācorassa evaṁ hoti—

    There is the notorious gangster who thinks like this:

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    ‘kudāssu nāmāhaṁ satena vā sahassena vā parivuto gāmanigamarājadhānīsu āhiṇḍissāmi

    ‘When the heck will I walk about in villages, towns, and royal capitals, with a following of a hundred or a thousand men,

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    hananto ghātento chindanto chedāpento pacanto pācento’ti.

    killing, destroying, and torturing?’

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    So aparena samayena satena vā sahassena vā parivuto gāmanigamarājadhānīsu āhiṇḍati hananto ghātento chindanto chedāpento pacanto pācento.

    Then after some time, he does just that.

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    Evameva kho, bhikkhave, idhekaccassa pāpabhikkhuno evaṁ hoti—

    Just so, monks, a bad monk thinks like this:

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    ‘kudāssu nāmāhaṁ satena vā sahassena vā parivuto gāmanigamarājadhānīsu cārikaṁ carissāmi

    ‘When the heck will I walk about in villages, towns, and royal capitals, with a following of a hundred or a thousand people,

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    sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito gahaṭṭhānañceva pabbajitānañca, lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānan’ti.

    being honored, respected, and revered by both lay people and those gone forth, getting robes, almsfood, dwellings, and medicinal supplies?’

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    So aparena samayena satena vā sahassena vā parivuto gāmanigamarājadhānīsu cārikaṁ carati sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito gahaṭṭhānañceva pabbajitānañca, lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ.

    Then after some time, he does just that.

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    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo mahācoro santo saṁvijjamāno lokasmiṁ.

    This is the first notorious gangster to be found in the world.

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    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco pāpabhikkhu tathāgatappaveditaṁ dhammavinayaṁ pariyāpuṇitvā attano dahati.

    Or a bad monk learns the spiritual path proclaimed by the Buddha and takes it as his own.

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    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo mahācoro santo saṁvijjamāno lokasmiṁ.

    This is the second notorious gangster to be found in the world.

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    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco pāpabhikkhu suddhaṁ brahmacāriṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ carantaṁ amūlakena abrahmacariyena anuddhaṁseti.

    Or a bad monk groundlessly charges someone living a pure spiritual life with a sexual offense.

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    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo mahācoro santo saṁvijjamāno lokasmiṁ.

    This is the third notorious gangster to be found in the world.

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    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco pāpabhikkhu yāni tāni saṅghassa garubhaṇḍāni garuparikkhārāni, seyyathidaṁ—

    Or a bad monk takes valuable goods and requisites from the Sangha—

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    ārāmo ārāmavatthu vihāro vihāravatthu mañco pīṭhaṁ bhisi bibbohanaṁ lohakumbhī lohabhāṇakaṁ lohavārako lohakaṭāhaṁ vāsi parasu kuṭhārī kudālo nikhādanaṁ valli veḷu muñjaṁ pabbajaṁ tiṇaṁ mattikā dārubhaṇḍaṁ mattikābhaṇḍaṁ,

    a monastery, the site of a monastery, a dwelling, the site of a dwelling, a bed, a bench, a mattress, a pillow, a metal pot, a metal jar, a metal bucket, a metal bowl, a machete, a hatchet, an ax, a spade, a chisel, a creeper, bamboo, a reed, grass, clay, wooden goods, ceramic goods—

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    tehi gihiṁ saṅgaṇhāti upalāpeti.

    and uses them to bribe and create a following among householders.

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    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho mahācoro santo saṁvijjamāno lokasmiṁ.

    This is the fourth notorious gangster to be found in the world.

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    Sadevake, bhikkhave, loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya ayaṁ aggo mahācoro yo asantaṁ abhūtaṁ uttarimanussadhammaṁ ullapati.

    But in this world with its gods, lords of death, and supreme beings, in this society with its monastics and brahmins, its gods and humans, this is the most notorious gangster of all: one who claims to have a non-existent superhuman quality.

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    Taṁ kissa hetu?

    Why is that?

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    Theyyāya vo, bhikkhave, raṭṭhapiṇḍo bhutto”ti.

    Monks, you’ve eaten the country’s almsfood by theft.”

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    Aññathā santamattānaṁ,

    “Whoever should declare himself

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