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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 10 of 19
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/10/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta, section 10. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/10/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in twos: two kinds of happiness, two debts that can never be repaid, the bright and the dark.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 10. The Chapter on Fools · AN 2.98–2.117

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/10/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/10/#p-N

[¶0] AN 2.98

> Pali: AN 2.98

[¶1] “Mendicants, there are two fools. What two? One who carries the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who doesn’t carry the burden of what has come to pass. These are the two fools.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā. Katame dve? Yo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.

[¶2] AN 2.99

> Pali: AN 2.99

[¶3] “There are two who are astute. What two? One who doesn’t carry the burden of what has not come to pass, and one who carries the burden of what has come to pass. These are the two who are astute.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā. Katame dve? Yo ca anāgataṁ bhāraṁ na vahati, yo ca āgataṁ bhāraṁ vahati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.

[¶4] AN 2.100

> Pali: AN 2.100

[¶5] “Mendicants, there are two fools. What two? One who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable. These are the two fools.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā. Katame dve? Yo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.

[¶6] AN 2.101

> Pali: AN 2.101

[¶7] “There are two who are astute. What two? One who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable. These are the two who are astute.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā. Katame dve? Yo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.

[¶8] AN 2.102

> Pali: AN 2.102

[¶9] “Mendicants, there are two fools. What two? One who perceives a non-offense as an offense, and one who perceives an offense as a non-offense. These are the two fools.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā. Katame dve? Yo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.

[¶10] AN 2.103

> Pali: AN 2.103

[¶11] “There are two who are astute. What two? One who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives an offense as an offense. These are the two who are astute.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā. Katame dve? Yo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.

[¶12] AN 2.104

> Pali: AN 2.104

[¶13] “Mendicants, there are two fools. What two? One who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching. These are the two fools.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā. Katame dve? Yo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.

[¶14] AN 2.105

> Pali: AN 2.105

[¶15] “There are two who are astute. What two? One who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching. These are the two who are astute.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā. Katame dve? Yo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.

[¶16] AN 2.106

> Pali: AN 2.106

[¶17] “Mendicants, there are two fools. What two? One who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training. These are the two fools.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, bālā. Katame dve? Yo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā”ti.

[¶18] AN 2.107

> Pali: AN 2.107

[¶19] “There are two who are astute. What two? One who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training. These are the two who are astute.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, paṇḍitā. Katame dve? Yo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve paṇḍitā”ti.

[¶20] AN 2.108

> Pali: AN 2.108

[¶21] “For these two, defilements grow. What two? One who is remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who isn’t remorseful over something they should be. These are the two whose defilements grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶22] AN 2.109

> Pali: AN 2.109

[¶23] “For these two, defilements don’t grow. What two? One who isn’t remorseful over something they shouldn’t be, and one who is remorseful over something they should be. These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca na kukkuccāyitabbaṁ na kukkuccāyati, yo ca kukkuccāyitabbaṁ kukkuccāyati. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶24] AN 2.110

> Pali: AN 2.110

[¶25] “For these two, defilements grow. What two? One who perceives what is unallowable as allowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as unallowable. These are the two whose defilements grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca akappiye kappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye akappiyasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶26] AN 2.111

> Pali: AN 2.111

[¶27] “For these two, defilements don’t grow. What two? One who perceives what is unallowable as unallowable, and one who perceives what is allowable as allowable. These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca akappiye akappiyasaññī, yo ca kappiye kappiyasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶28] AN 2.112

> Pali: AN 2.112

[¶29] “For these two, defilements grow. What two? One who perceives an offense as a non-offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as an offense. These are the two whose defilements grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca āpattiyā anāpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā āpattisaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶30] AN 2.113

> Pali: AN 2.113

[¶31] “For these two, defilements don’t grow. What two? One who perceives an offense as an offense, and one who perceives a non-offense as a non-offense. These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca āpattiyā āpattisaññī, yo ca anāpattiyā anāpattisaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶32] AN 2.114

> Pali: AN 2.114

[¶33] “For these two, defilements grow. What two? One who perceives what is not the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives the teaching as not the teaching. These are the two whose defilements grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca adhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca dhamme adhammasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶34] AN 2.115

> Pali: AN 2.115

[¶35] “For these two, defilements don’t grow. What two? One who perceives the teaching as the teaching, and one who perceives what is not the teaching as not the teaching. These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca dhamme dhammasaññī, yo ca adhamme adhammasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶36] AN 2.116

> Pali: AN 2.116

[¶37] “For these two, defilements grow. What two? One who perceives what is not the training as the training, and one who perceives what is the training as not the training. These are the two whose defilements grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca avinaye vinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye avinayasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶38] AN 2.117

> Pali: AN 2.117

[¶39] “For these two, defilements don’t grow. What two? One who perceives what is not the training as not the training, and one who perceives what is the training as the training. These are the two whose defilements don’t grow.”

> Pali: “Dvinnaṁ, bhikkhave, āsavā na vaḍḍhanti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Yo ca avinaye avinayasaññī, yo ca vinaye vinayasaññī. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ āsavā na vaḍḍhantī”ti.

[¶40] > Pali: Bālavaggo pañcamo.

[¶41] > Pali: Dutiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.