Agati Sutta - Going Off Course

Agati Sutta

Going Off Course

 

There are four ways of going off course. Which four?

One goes off course through desire.

One goes off course through aversion.

One goes off course through delusion.

One goes off course through fear.

These are the four ways of going off course.

If one, through desire, aversion, delusion, and/or fear, transgresses the Dhamma, 

one’s honor wanes as the moon, in the dark fortnight.

There are four ways of not going off course. Which four?

One does not go off course through desire.

One does not go off course through aversion.

One does not go off course through delusion.

One does not go off course through fear.

These are the four ways of not going off course.

If one does not, through desire, aversion, delusion, and/or fear, 

transgress the Dhamma, one’s honor waxes as the moon, in the bright fortnight.

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