10: The Book of the Tens
4. Proximate Cause
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There the Venerable Sāriputta addressed the bhikkhus.
Identical with 10:3, but spoken by Sāriputta. an.v.6
1Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi … pe … "dussīlassa, āvuso, sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti avippaṭisāro; avippaṭisāre asati avippaṭisāravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti … pe … vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati. Evamevaṁ kho, āvuso, dussīlassa sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti avippaṭisāro; avippaṭisāre asati avippaṭisāravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti … pe … vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.
2Sīlavato, āvuso, sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti avippaṭisāro; avippaṭisāre sati avippaṭisārasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti … pe … vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati. Evamevaṁ kho, āvuso, sīlavato sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti avippaṭisāro; avippaṭisāre sati avippaṭisārasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti … pe … vimuttiñāṇadassanan"ti.
Catutthaṁ.