{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/angu/an6-45.htm","path":"bud/angu/an6-45.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/angu/an6-45.htm","text":"\"Yes, lord.\"\n\"And a poor, destitute, penniless person gets into debt. For one who partakes of sensuality, getting into debt is suffering in the world.\"\n\"And a poor, destitute, penniless person, having gotten into debt, owes interest payments. For one who partakes of sensuality, interest payment is suffering in the world.\"\n\"And when a poor, destitute, penniless person owing interest payments does not pay interest on time, they serve him notice. For one who partakes of sensuality, being served notice is suffering in the world.\"\n\"And when a poor, destitute, penniless person, being served notice, does not pay, they hound him. For one who partakes of sensuality, being hounded is suffering in the world.\"\n\"And when a poor, destitute, penniless person, being hounded, does not pay, he is put into bondage. For one who partakes of sensuality, bondage is suffering in the world.\"\n\"Thus, monks, poverty is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality. Getting into debt is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality. Interest payment is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality. Being served notice is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality. Being hounded is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality. Bondage is suffering in the world for one who partakes of sensuality.\n\"In the same way, monks, whoever has no conviction with regard to skillful mental qualities, no sense of conscience with regard to skillful mental qualities, no sense of concern with regard to skillful mental qualities, no persistence with regard to skillful mental qualities, no discernment with regard to skillful mental qualities is, in the discipline of a noble one, said to be poor, destitute, & penniless.\n\"He -- poor, destitute, & penniless, having no conviction with regard to skillful mental qualities, no sense of conscience...no sense of concern...no persistence...no discernment with regard to skillful mental qualities -- engages in misconduct by way of the body, misconduct by way of speech, misconduct by way of the mind. For him, I tell you, this is getting into debt.\n\"For the purpose of concealing his bodily misconduct, he formulates evil desires: He desires, 'May they not know about me.' He resolves, 'May they not know about me.' He speaks, [thinking,] 'May they not know about me.' He makes an effort with his body, [thinking,] 'May they not know about me.' For the purpose of concealing his verbal misconduct...For the purpose of concealing his mental misconduct, he formulates evil desires: He desires, 'May they not know about me.' He resolves, 'May they not know about me.' He speaks, [thinking,] 'May they not know about me.' He makes an effort with his body, [thinking,] 'May they not know about me.' For him, I tell you, this is interest payment.\n\"And then his well-behaved companions in the holy life say about him, 'This venerable one acts in this way, behaves in this way.' For him, I tell you, this is being served notice.\n\"And then, when he has gone to the wilderness, to the foot of a tree, or to an empty dwelling, he is beset with evil, unskillful thoughts accompanied by remorse. For him, I tell you, this is being hounded.\n\"He -- poor, destitute, & penniless, having engaged in misconduct by way of the body, misconduct by way of speech, & misconduct by way of the mind -- on the break-up of the body, after death, is bound by the bond of hell or the bond of the animal womb. And I can imagine no one other bond so tormenting, so painful, so obstructive to the unexcelled rest from bondage, as the bond of hell or the bond of the animal womb.\"\nPoverty is called\nsuffering in the world;\nso, too, is getting into debt.\nA poor person, in debt,\npartaking of sensuality,\nsuffers hardship.\nThen they hound him\nand put him into bondage:\nthe painful bond\nfor one longing to gain\nsensual pleasures.\nNow, anyone with no conviction\nin the discipline of a noble one\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -- no sense of conscience,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no sense of concern -- \ncontemplating evil actions,\ndoing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wrong by way of body,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wrong by way of speech,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 & wrong by way of the mind,\nwants: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 'May they not\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 know about me.'\nHe creeps along in body,\nspeech, or mind,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 piling up evil actions,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 here & there,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 again & again.\nHe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with evil actions,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his wisdom weak,\nknowing his own wrong-doing, is\na poor person, in debt.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Partaking of sensuality,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he suffers hardship.\nThen they hound him -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 painful mental resolves\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 born of remorse -- \nat home or in the wilderness.\nHe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with evil actions,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his wisdom weak,\nknowing his own wrong-doing,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 goes to an animal womb\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or is bound in hell:\nthe painful bond\nfrom which the enlightened\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 are freed.\nBut one with confidence,\nliving at home,\nmaking gifts of his belongings,\nrighteously-gained,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wins both goals:\nadvantage in the here-&-now,\n& happiness in the world beyond.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The liberality of this householder\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 piles up merit.\nNow, anyone with conviction\nfirmly established\nin the discipline of a noble one -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with a sense of conscience,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a sense of concern,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 discerning\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 & restrained by virtue -- \nis, in the discipline of a noble one,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 said to be living in ease.\nGaining a pleasure not of the flesh,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he determines on equanimity:\nabandoning the five hindrances\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -- persistence constantly aroused -- \nentering the jhanas:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unified,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mindful, &\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wise.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Knowing this\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as it actually is\nin the total ending of all fetters,\nthrough everywhere\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 not-clinging,\nhis mind is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rightly released.\nIn him, Such, rightly released,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 there is the knowledge,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the total ending\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of the fetters of becoming:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 'My release\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is unshakable.'\nThat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is the highest knowledge\nthat,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the happiness unexcelled.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sorrowless,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dustless,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at rest,\nthat\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is release from debt.\"","title":"AN VI.45: Ina Sutta","type":"page"}