4: The Book of the Fours
XIV. Persons — AN 4.137: Ethics (2nd)
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“Mendicants, these four people are found in the world. What four?
One person doesn’t value or submit to ethics, immersion, or wisdom.
2One person values and submits to ethics, but not to immersion or wisdom.
3One person values and submits to ethics and immersion, but not wisdom.
4One person values and submits to ethics, immersion, and wisdom.
These are the four people found in the world.”
1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo na sīlagaru hoti na sīlādhipateyyo, na samādhigaru hoti na samādhādhipateyyo, na paññāgaru hoti na paññādhipateyyo.
2Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlagaru hoti sīlādhipateyyo, na samādhigaru hoti na samādhādhipateyyo, na paññāgaru hoti na paññādhipateyyo.
3Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlagaru hoti sīlādhipateyyo, samādhigaru hoti samādhādhipateyyo, na paññāgaru hoti na paññādhipateyyo.
4Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlagaru hoti sīlādhipateyyo, samādhigaru hoti samādhādhipateyyo, paññāgaru hoti paññādhipateyyo.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.
Sattamaṁ.