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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: 16 of 19
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/16/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Twos · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Dukanipāta, section 16. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/16/"
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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.

## 16. The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Anger · AN 2.180–184–2.225–229

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/16/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-2/16/#p-N

[¶0] AN 2.180–184 · 180–184

> Pali: AN 2.180–184 · 180–184

[¶1] “There are these two things. What two? Anger and acrimony … disdain and contempt … jealousy and stinginess … deceit and deviousness … lack of conscience and prudence. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Kodho ca upanāho ca … makkho ca paḷāso ca … issā ca macchariyañca … māyā ca sāṭheyyañca … ahirikañca anottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”.

[¶2] AN 2.185–189 · 185–189

> Pali: AN 2.185–189 · 185–189

[¶3] “There are these two things. What two? Freedom from anger and acrimony … freedom from disdain and contempt … freedom from jealousy and stinginess … freedom from deceit and deviousness … conscience and prudence. These are the two things.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame dve? Akkodho ca anupanāho ca … amakkho ca apaḷāso ca … anissā ca amacchariyañca … amāyā ca asāṭheyyañca … hirī ca ottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā”.

[¶4] AN 2.190–194 · 190–194

> Pali: AN 2.190–194 · 190–194

[¶5] “Anyone who has two things lives in suffering. What two? Anger and acrimony … disdain and contempt … jealousy and stinginess … deceit and deviousness … lack of conscience and prudence. Anyone who has these two things lives in suffering.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato dukkhaṁ viharati. Katamehi dvīhi? Kodhena ca upanāhena ca … makkhena ca paḷāsena ca … issāya ca macchariyena ca … māyāya ca sāṭheyyena ca … ahirikena ca anottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato dukkhaṁ viharati”.

[¶6] AN 2.195–199 · 195–199

> Pali: AN 2.195–199 · 195–199

[¶7] “Anyone who has these two things lives happily. What two? Freedom from anger and acrimony … freedom from disdain and contempt … freedom from jealousy and stinginess … freedom from deceit and deviousness … conscience and prudence. Anyone who has these two things lives happily.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sukhaṁ viharati. Katamehi dvīhi? Akkodhena ca anupanāhena ca … amakkhena ca apaḷāsena ca … anissāya ca amacchariyena ca … amāyāya ca asāṭheyyena ca … hiriyā ca ottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato sukhaṁ viharati”.

[¶8] AN 2.200–204 · 200–204

> Pali: AN 2.200–204 · 200–204

[¶9] “These two things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What two? Anger and acrimony … disdain and contempt … jealousy and stinginess … deceit and deviousness … lack of conscience and prudence. These two things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame dve? Kodho ca upanāho ca … makkho ca paḷāso ca … issā ca macchariyañca … māyā ca sāṭheyyañca … ahirikañca anottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti”.

[¶10] AN 2.205–209 · 205–209

> Pali: AN 2.205–209 · 205–209

[¶11] “These two things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What two? Freedom from anger and acrimony … freedom from disdain and contempt … freedom from jealousy and stinginess … freedom from deceit and deviousness … conscience and prudence. These two things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”

> Pali: “Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame dve? Akkodho ca anupanāho ca … amakkho ca apaḷāso ca … anissā ca amacchariyañca … amāyā ca asāṭheyyañca … hirī ca ottappañca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti”.

[¶12] AN 2.210–214 · 210–214

> Pali: AN 2.210–214 · 210–214

[¶13] “Anyone who has two things is placed in hell as if delivered there. What two? Anger and acrimony … disdain and contempt … jealousy and stinginess … deceit and deviousness … lack of conscience and prudence. Anyone who has these two things is placed in hell as if delivered there.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi dvīhi? Kodhena ca upanāhena ca … makkhena ca paḷāsena ca … issāya ca macchariyena ca … māyāya ca sāṭheyyena ca … ahirikena ca anottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye”.

[¶14] AN 2.215–219 · 215–219

> Pali: AN 2.215–219 · 215–219

[¶15] “Anyone who has two things is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What two? Freedom from anger and acrimony … freedom from disdain and contempt … freedom from jealousy and stinginess … freedom from deceit and deviousness … conscience and prudence. Anyone who has these two things is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi dvīhi? Akkodhena ca anupanāhena ca … amakkhena ca apaḷāsena ca … anissāya ca amacchariyena ca … amāyāya ca asāṭheyyena ca … hiriyā ca ottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”.

[¶16] AN 2.220–224 · 220–224

> Pali: AN 2.220–224 · 220–224

[¶17] “When they have two things, some people, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. What two? Anger and acrimony … disdain and contempt … jealousy and stinginess … deceit and deviousness … lack of conscience and prudence. When they have two things, some people, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati. Katamehi dvīhi? Kodhena ca upanāhena ca … makkhena ca paḷāsena ca … issāya ca macchariyena ca … māyāya ca sāṭheyyena ca … ahirikena ca anottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati”.

[¶18] AN 2.225–229 · 225–229

> Pali: AN 2.225–229 · 225–229

[¶19] “When they have two things, some people—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. What two? Freedom from anger and acrimony … freedom from disdain and contempt … freedom from jealousy and stinginess … freedom from deceit and deviousness … conscience and prudence. When they have these two things, some people—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”

> Pali: “Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati. Katamehi dvīhi? Akkodhena ca anupanāhena ca … amakkhena ca apaḷāsena ca … anissāya ca amacchariyena ca … amāyāya ca asāṭheyyena ca … hiriyā ca ottappena ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato idhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati”.

[¶20] > Pali: Kodhapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.