SN 47.5 a heap of unskillful

 

SN 47.5 Akusalarāsi: A Heap of the Unskillful

• (standard 4sp🐘 formula)

(translation style SP-FLUENT by frankk‍)

5. Akusalarāsisutta	5. A Heap of the Unskillful
Sāvatthinidānaṃ.	At Sāvatthī.
Tatra kho bhagavā etadavoca:	There the Buddha said:
“‘akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.	“Rightly speaking, monks, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.
Kevalo hāyaṃ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṃ—pañca nīvaraṇā.	For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.
Katame pañca?	What five?
Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṃ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṃ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṃ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṃ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṃ.	The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.
‘Akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.	Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.
Kevalo hāyaṃ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṃ—pañca nīvaraṇā.	For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.

‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.	Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of remembering and applying Dharma a ‘heap of the skillful’.
Kevalo hāyaṃ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṃ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.	For these four kinds of remembering and applying Dharma are entirely a heap of the skillful.
Katame cattāro?	Which Four?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …	It’s when …

(standard 4sp🐘 formula)

kāye kāyā-(a)nu-passī viharati	He lives continuously seeing the body as a body [as it truly is].
vedanāsu vedanā-(a)nu-passī viharati	He lives continuously seeing sensations as sensations [as it truly is].
citte cittā-(a)nu-passī viharati	He lives continuously seeing a mind as a mind [as it truly is].
dhammesu dhammā-(a)nu-passī viharati	He lives continuously seeing ☸Dharma as ☸Dharma [as it truly is].
(… elided refrain from each way…)	[in each of the 4 ways of remembering]:
ātāpī sampajāno satimā,	he is ardent 🏹, he has lucid discerning 👁, he remembers 🐘 [to apply relevant ☸Dharma].
vineyya loke abhijjhā-do-manassaṃ;	he should remove greed and distress regarding the world.

‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.	Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of remembering and applying Dharma a ‘heap of the skillful’.
Kevalo hāyaṃ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṃ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā”ti.	For these four kinds of remembering and applying Dharma are entirely a heap of the skillful.”