2: The Book of the Twos
3. Mortifying
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“These two things, mendicants, are mortifying. What two? It’s when someone has done bad things and not done good things, by way of body, speech, and mind. Thinking, ‘I’ve done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re mortified. Thinking, ‘I haven’t done good things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re mortified. These are the two things that are mortifying.”
1"Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā tapanīyā. Katame dve? Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa kāyaduccaritaṁ kataṁ hoti, akataṁ hoti kāyasucaritaṁ; vacīduccaritaṁ kataṁ hoti; akataṁ hoti vacīsucaritaṁ; manoduccaritaṁ kataṁ hoti, akataṁ hoti manosucaritaṁ. So ‘kāyaduccaritaṁ me katan’ti tappati, ‘akataṁ me kāyasucaritan’ti tappati; ‘vacīduccaritaṁ me katan’ti tappati, ‘akataṁ me vacīsucaritan’ti tappati; ‘manoduccaritaṁ me katan’ti tappati, ‘akataṁ me manosucaritan’ti tappati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā tapanīyā"ti.
Tatiyaṁ.