Vital Conditions (2nd)Dutiyaupanisasutta

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.