Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
XXI: Sappurisa Vagga
Sutta 201
Sappurisa Suttaɱ
aka
Sikkhāpada Suttaɱ
Training Rules
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[1][pts] "Monks, I will teach you the person of no integrity, the person of less integrity than the person of no integrity, the person of integrity, and the person of more integrity than the person of integrity.
Listen and pay careful attention. I will speak."
"As you say, lord," the monks responded to the Blessed One.
The Blessed One said, "And which, monks, is the person of no integrity?
There is the case where a certain individual is one who takes life, takes what is not given [steals], engages in sexual misconduct, tells lies, and takes distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness.
This is called a person of no integrity.
"And which is the person of less integrity than the person of no integrity?
There is the case where a certain individual himself is one who takes life and he encourages another in undertaking the taking of life.
He himself is one who takes what is not given and he encourages another in undertaking the taking of what is not given.
He himself is one who engages in sexual misconduct and he encourages another in undertaking sexual misconduct.
He himself is one who tells lies and he encourages another in undertaking the telling of lies.
He himself is one who takes distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness and he encourages another in undertaking the taking of distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness.
This is called a person of less integrity than the person of no integrity.
"And which is the person of integrity?
There is the case where a certain individual abstains from taking life, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from telling lies, and abstains from taking distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness.
This is called a person of integrity.
"And which is the person of more integrity than the person of integrity?
There is the case where a certain individual himself abstains from taking life and he encourages another in undertaking abstinence from taking life.
He himself abstains from taking what is not given and he encourages another in undertaking abstinence from taking what is not given.
He himself abstains from sexual misconduct and he encourages another in undertaking abstinence from sexual misconduct.
He himself abstains from telling lies and he encourages another in undertaking abstinence from telling lies.
He himself abstains from taking distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness and he encourages another in undertaking abstinence from taking distilled and fermented drinks that cause heedlessness.
This is called a person of more integrity than the person of integrity."
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