4: The Book of the Fours
135. Blameworthy
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of persons found existing in the world. What four? The blameworthy, the mostly blameworthy, the slightly blameworthy, and the blameless.
2(1) "And how, bhikkhus, is a person blameworthy? Here, a person engages in blameworthy bodily action, blameworthy verbal action, and blameworthy mental action. It is in this way that a person is blameworthy.
3(2) "And how is a person mostly blameworthy? Here, a person engages in bodily action that is mostly blameworthy, verbal action that is mostly blameworthy, and mental action that is mostly blameworthy. It is in this way that a person is mostly blameworthy.
4(3) "And how is a person slightly blameworthy? Here, a person engages in bodily action that is mostly blameless, verbal action that is mostly blameless, and mental action that is mostly blameless. It is in this way that a person is slightly blameworthy.
5(4) "And how is a person blameless? Here, a person engages in blameless bodily action, blameless verbal action, and blameless mental action. It is in this way that a person is blameless.
"These are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world." [n.833] Mp: "The first is the blind foolish worldling; the second is the worldling who intermittently does wholesome deeds; the third is the stream-enterer, the once-returner, and the non-returner; and the fourth is the arahant."
1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Sāvajjo, vajjabahulo, appavajjo, anavajjo.
2Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sāvajjo hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sāvajjena kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, sāvajjena vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, sāvajjena manokammena samannāgato hoti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sāvajjo hoti.
3Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo vajjabahulo hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sāvajjena bahulaṁ kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ anavajjena; sāvajjena bahulaṁ vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ anavajjena; sāvajjena bahulaṁ manokammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ anavajjena. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo vajjabahulo hoti.
4Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo appavajjo hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo anavajjena bahulaṁ kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ sāvajjena; anavajjena bahulaṁ vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ sāvajjena; anavajjena bahulaṁ manokammena samannāgato hoti, appaṁ sāvajjena. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo appavajjo hoti.
5Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo anavajjo hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo anavajjena kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena manokammena samannāgato hoti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo anavajjo hoti.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.
Pañcamaṁ.
