Unblemished Anaṃ gaṃa Sutta (MN 5) · 莲华归心开放中文佛学资料库

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - MN - MN 5 Unblemished ## Browse Suttas Go to Majjhima Nikṅya index MN index ## Unblemished Anaṃgaṃa SuttaÂ Â (MNÂ 5) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sṅvatthī in Jetaâs Grove, Anṅthapiṃṇikaâs monastery. There Ven. Sṅriputta addressed the monks: "Friend monks!" "Yes, friend," the monks responded to him. Ven. Sṅriputta said, "There are these four individuals to be found existing in the world. Which four? "There is the case where a certain individual, being blemished, does not discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish.â Then there is the case where a certain individual, being blemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish.â Then there is the case where a certain individual, being unblemished, does not discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have no inner blemish.â Then there is the case where a certain individual, being unblemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have no inner blemish.â "With regard to that, the individual who, being blemished, doesnât discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemishâ is called the inferior man of the two individuals who are blemished. The individual who, being blemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemishâ is called the superior man of the two individuals who are blemished. "Then again, the individual who, being unblemished, doesnât discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have no inner blemishâ is called the inferior man of the two individuals who are unblemished. The individual who, being unblemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have no inner blemishâ is called the superior man of the two individuals who are unblemished." When this was said, Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna said to Ven. Sṅriputta, "Friend, what is the reason, what is the cause, that of the two individuals who are blemished, one is called the inferior man and one is called the superior man? And what is the reason, what is the cause, that of the two individuals who are unblemished, one is called the inferior man and one is called the superior man?" [Ven. Sṅriputta:] "With regard to that, my friend, when an individual, being blemished, doesnât discern that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish,â it can be expected of him that he will not generate desire, endeavor, or arouse persistence for the abandoning of that blemish. He will die with passion, with aversion, with delusion—blemished & with a mind defiled. "Just like a bronze bowl brought back from a shop or a family of smiths all covered with dust & dirt, that the owners would neither use nor clean, but would throw away in a dusty place: Wouldnât that bronze bowl eventually become even more dirty & defiled with time?" [Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna:] "Yes, my friend." [Ven. Sṅriputta:] "In the same way, friend, when an individual, being blemished, doesnât discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish,â it can be expected of him that he will not generate desire, endeavor, or arouse persistence for the abandoning of that blemish. He will die with passion, with aversion, with delusion—blemished & with a mind defiled. "Then again, when an individual, being blemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish,â it can be expected of him that he will generate desire, endeavor, & arouse persistence for the abandoning of that blemish. He will die without passion, without aversion, without delusion—unblemished & with a mind undefiled. "Just like a bronze bowl brought back from a shop or a family of smiths all covered with dust & dirt, that the owners would both use & clean, and would not throw away in a dusty place: Wouldnât that bronze bowl eventually become clean & pure with time?" [Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna:] "Yes, my friend." [Ven. Sṅriputta:] "In the same way, friend, when an individual, being blemished, discerns as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have an inner blemish,â it can be expected of him that he will generate desire, endeavor, & arouse persistence for the abandoning of that blemish. He will die without passion, without aversion, without delusion—unblemished & with a mind undefiled. "Then again, when an individual, being unblemished, doesnât discern as it has come to be that ), # Right single quote ('â', I have no inner blemish,â it can be expected of him that he will attend to the theme of beauty. As he attends to the theme of beauty, passion will assault his mind.