There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants … Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi …pe… “Reverends, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for having no regrets. “dussīlassa, āvuso, sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti avippaṭisāro; When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy. … avippaṭisāre asati avippaṭisāravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti …pe… One who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom. vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ. Suppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati. In the same way, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for having no regrets. Evamevaṁ kho, āvuso, dussīlassa sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti avippaṭisāro; When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy. … avippaṭisāre asati avippaṭisāravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti …pe… One who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom. vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.

An ethical person, who has fulfilled ethics, has fulfilled a vital condition for not having regrets. Sīlavato, āvuso, sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti avippaṭisāro; When there are no regrets, one who has no regrets has fulfilled a vital condition for joy. … avippaṭisāre sati avippaṭisārasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti …pe… One who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom. vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ. Suppose there was a tree that was complete with branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would grow to fullness. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati. In the same way, an ethical person, who has fulfilled ethics, has fulfilled a vital condition for not having regrets. Evamevaṁ kho, āvuso, sīlavato sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti avippaṭisāro; When there are no regrets, one who has no regrets has fulfilled a vital condition for joy. … avippaṭisāre sati avippaṭisārasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti …pe… One who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.” vimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti.

Catutthaṁ.