Training RulesSikkhāpadasutta

“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. What four?Katame cattāro?

1. One who practices to benefit themselves, but not others;attahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya,
2. one who practices to benefit others, but not themselves;parahitāya paṭipanno no attahitāya,
3. one who practices to benefit neither themselves nor others; andnevattahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya,
4. one who practices to benefit both themselves and others.attahitāya ceva paṭipanno parahitāya ca.

And how does an individual practice to benefit themselves, but not others?Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya? It’s when an individual doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. But they don’t encourage others to do the same.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo attanā pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, no paraṁ pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti; That’s how an individual practices to benefit themselves, but not others.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya.

And how does an individual practice to benefit others, but not themselves?Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo parahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no attahitāya? It’s when an individual kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. But they encourage others to not do these things.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo attanā pāṇātipātā appaṭivirato hoti, paraṁ pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti; That’s how an individual practices to benefit others, but not themselves.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo parahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no attahitāya.

And how does a person practice to benefit neither themselves nor others?Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo nevattahitāya paṭipanno hoti no parahitāya? It’s when an individual kills, etc. … and doesn’t encourage others to not do these things.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo attanā pāṇātipātā appaṭivirato hoti, no paraṁ pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā appaṭivirato hoti, no paraṁ surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇiyā samādapeti. That’s how an individual practices to benefit neither themselves nor others.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo nevattahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya.

And how does an individual practice to benefit both themselves and others?Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo attahitāya ceva paṭipanno hoti parahitāya ca? It’s when an individual doesn’t kill, etc. … and encourages others to do the same.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti, parañca surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇiyā samādapeti. That’s how an individual practices to benefit both themselves and others.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo attahitāya ceva paṭipanno hoti parahitāya ca.

These are the four individuals found in the world.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.