Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
13. Gilāna Vaggo

The Book of the Fives

Chapter XIII: The Sick

Sutta 129

Parikuppa Suttaṃ

Festering¹

 

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, five are the lost in hell
who lie festering,
incurable.

What five?

(By him) has his mother been deprived of life;
his father been deprived of life;
an arahant been deprived of life;
(by him), with evil thought,
has the Tathāgata's blood been drawn;
(by him) has the Order been embroiled.²

Verily, monks, these are the five
lost in hell
who lie festering,
incurable.'

 

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¹ Parikuppo. Comy. observes: kuppana-sabhāvā, as an old wound. Kuppati means to shake, to be agitated, to be angry (so in the English idiom).

² Cf. below VI, § 87; Mil. 214.