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Numbered Discourses 3.131 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.131

13. Kusināra – 13. Kusināravagga

AN 3.131 Under Cover – Paṭicchannasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, three things are conveyed under cover, not in the open.

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, paṭicchannāni āvahanti, no vivaṭāni.

1.2

What three?

Katamāni tīṇi?

1.3

Females are married with a veil, not unveiled.

Mātugāmo, bhikkhave, paṭicchanno āvahati, no vivaṭo;

1.4

Brahmin hymns are conveyed under cover, not openly.

brāhmaṇānaṁ, bhikkhave, mantā paṭicchannā āvahanti, no vivaṭā;

1.5

Wrong view is conveyed under cover, not in the open.

micchādiṭṭhi, bhikkhave, paṭicchannā āvahati, no vivaṭā.

1.6

These three things are conveyed under cover, not in the open.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi paṭicchannāni āvahanti, no vivaṭāni.

2.1

Three things shine in the open, not under cover.

Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, vivaṭāni virocanti, no paṭicchannāni.

2.2

What three?

Katamāni tīṇi?

2.3

The moon shines in the open, not under cover.

Candamaṇḍalaṁ, bhikkhave, vivaṭaṁ virocati, no paṭicchannaṁ;

2.4

The sun shines in the open, not under cover.

sūriyamaṇḍalaṁ, bhikkhave, vivaṭaṁ virocati, no paṭicchannaṁ;

2.5

The teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One shine in the open, not under cover.

tathāgatappavedito dhammavinayo, bhikkhave, vivaṭo virocati, no paṭicchanno.

2.6

These three things shine in the open, not under cover.”

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi vivaṭāni virocanti, no paṭicchannānī”ti.

2.7

 

Navamaṁ.