ActionKammantasutta

“Mendicants, there are three failures.“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vipattiyo. What three?Katamā tisso? Failure in action, livelihood, and view.Kammantavipatti, ājīvavipatti, diṭṭhivipatti.

And what is failure in action?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti? It’s when someone kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, and uses speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… samphappalāpī hoti. This is called ‘failure in action’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti.

And what is failure in livelihood?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti? It’s when a noble disciple has wrong livelihood and earns a living by wrong livelihood.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchāājīvo hoti, micchāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti. This is called ‘failure in livelihood’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti.

And what is failure in view?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti? It’s when someone has wrong view, a distorted perspective, such as:Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti viparītadassano: ‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’‘natthi dinnaṁ, natthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti. This is called ‘failure in view’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti. These are the three failures.Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vipattiyoti.

There are three accomplishments.Tisso imā, bhikkhave, sampadā. What three?Katamā tisso? Accomplishment in action, livelihood, and view.Kammantasampadā, ājīvasampadā, diṭṭhisampadā.

And what is accomplishment in action?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā? It’s when someone doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, or use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti. This is called ‘accomplishment in action’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā.

And what is accomplishment in livelihood?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā? It’s when a noble disciple has right livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammāājīvo hoti, sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti. This is called ‘accomplishment in livelihood’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā.

And what is accomplishment in view?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā? It’s when someone has right view, an undistorted perspective, such as:Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti aviparītadassano: ‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’‘atthi dinnaṁ, atthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti. This is called ‘accomplishment in view’.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā.

These are the three accomplishments.”Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso sampadā”ti.