1:7 An Outcaste · 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 - KN - Sn - Sn 1:7 An Outcaste ## Browse Suttas Go to Sutta Nipṅta index Sn index ## 1:7 Â An Outcaste I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sṅvatthī in Jetaâs Grove, Anṅthapiṃṇikaâs monastery. Then, in the early morning, after adjusting his lower robe and carrying his bowl & outer robe, he entered Sṅvatthī for alms. Now at that time, in the house of the brahman Aggika Bhṅradvṅja, a (sacrificial) fire was burning and an offering was lifted up. Then the Blessed One, going through Sṅvatthī on a methodical almsround,1 approached the house of Aggika Bhṅradvṅja. Aggika Bhṅradvṅja saw the Blessed One coming from afar and, on seeing him, said to him: "Stop right there, you little shaveling! Right there, you little contemplative! Right there, you little outcaste!" When this was said, the Blessed One said to the brahman Aggika Bhṅradvṅja, "But do you know, brahman, what an outcaste is, or the actions that make one an outcaste?" "No, in fact, Master Gotama, I donât know what an outcaste is, or the actions that make one an outcaste. It would be good if Master Gotama taught me the Dhamma so that I would know what an outcaste is and the actions that make one an outcaste." "In that case, brahman, listen and pay close attention. I will speak." "As you say, master," the brahman Aggika Bhṅradvṅja responded to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said: Whatever man is angry, resentful, evil, merciless, deceitful, and defective in his views: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever here harms a living being once-born or twice-born,2 who has no sympathy for a living being: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever destroys or besieges villages or towns, a notorious oppressor: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, from village or wilderness, takes in a manner of theft what others claim as ), # Right single quote ('â', mineâ: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, actually incurring a debt, when pressed to pay, evades, (saying,) ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâm in no debt to youâ: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, desiring whatever-the-thing, strikes a person going along a road, to take whatever-the-thing: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whatever man, for his own sake, the sake of another, or the sake of wealth, tells a lie when asked to bear witness: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever misbehaves with the wives of relatives or friends, by force or with their consent: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, though capable, doesnât support his mother or father —old, their youth over & done: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever strikes and reviles with his speech mother or father, sister or brother, or mother-in-law: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, asked about whatâs beneficial, teaches whatâs not and gives counsel concealing some points: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, doing an evil deed, wishes, ), # Right single quote ('â', May I not be known,â acting in hiding: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, having gone to anotherâs house, being offered pure food, doesnât honor (the host) in return when he comes (to oneâs house): He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever deceives with a lie a brahman, contemplative, or other mendicant: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, when a brahman or contemplative appears at mealtime, reviles him with speech and doesnât give: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â3 Whoever, wrapped in delusion, speaks here what is untrue, greedy for whatever-the-thing: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever exalts himself and disparages others,4 debased by his own pride: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Angry, mean, evil in his desires, miserly, dishonest, devoid of shame & compunction: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever heaps verbal abuse on an Awakened One or his disciple, wanderer or householder: He should be known as ), # Right single quote ('â', outcaste.â Whoever, though not an arahant, claims to be an arahant: He is the thief in this world with its Brahmṅs.5 He is the vilest of outcastes. These are said to be outcastes, as I have proclaimed them to you. Not by birth is one an outcaste, not by birth a brahman. By action one is an outcaste. By action is one a