• Numbered Discourses 10.175 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 10.175
  • 17. With Jānussoṇi 17. Jāṇussoṇivagga

The Bypass Parikkamanasutta

ā€œMendicants, this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass. ā€œSaparikkamano ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano. And how does this teaching provide a bypass, not lacking a bypass? KathaƱca, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano? Not killing living creatures bypasses killing living creatures. Pāṇātipātissa, bhikkhave, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Not stealing bypasses stealing. Adinnādāyissa, bhikkhave, adinnādānā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Avoiding sexual misconduct bypasses sexual misconduct. Kāmesumicchācārissa, bhikkhave, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Not lying bypasses lying. Musāvādissa, bhikkhave, musāvādā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Avoiding divisive speech bypasses divisive speech. Pisuṇavācassa, bhikkhave, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Avoiding harsh speech bypasses harsh speech. Pharusavācassa, bhikkhave, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Avoiding talking nonsense bypasses talking nonsense. Samphappalāpissa, bhikkhave, samphappalāpā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Contentment bypasses covetousness. Abhijjhālussa, bhikkhave, anabhijjhā parikkamanaṁ hoti. Good will bypasses ill will. Byāpannacittassa, bhikkhave, abyāpādo parikkamanaṁ hoti. Right view bypasses wrong view. Micchādiį¹­į¹­hissa, bhikkhave, sammādiį¹­į¹­hi parikkamanaṁ hoti. That’s how this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.ā€ Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamanoā€ti.

Navamaṁ.