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Numbered Discourses 5.215 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.215

22. Abuse – 22. Akkosakavagga

AN 5.215 Intolerance (1st) – Paṭhamaakkhantisutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five drawbacks of intolerance.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā akkhantiyā.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

Most people find you unlikable and unloveable. You have lots of enmity and many faults. You feel lost when you die. And when your body breaks up, after death, you’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

Bahuno janassa appiyo hoti amanāpo, verabahulo ca hoti, vajjabahulo ca, sammūḷho kālaṁ karoti, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.

1.4

These are the five drawbacks to intolerance.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā akkhantiyā.

2.1

There are these five benefits of tolerance.

Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā khantiyā.

2.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

2.3

Most people find you dear and lovable. You have little enmity and few faults. You don’t feel lost when you die. And when your body breaks up, after death, you’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Bahuno janassa piyo hoti manāpo, na verabahulo hoti, na vajjabahulo, asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.

2.4

These are the five benefits of tolerance.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā khantiyā”ti.

2.5

 

Pañcamaṁ.