Sallekhasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 12 · Section 106

[106] Cunda, just as there might be an uneven path, and there would be another, even path for bypassing it; and again, Cunda, just as there might be an uneven ford, and there would be another, even ford for bypassing it — even so, Cunda, for an individual who is cruel, non-cruelty is the way of bypassing. For an individual who kills living beings, abstention from killing living beings is the way of bypassing. For an individual who takes what is not given, abstention from taking what is not given is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is unchaste, the holy life (brahmacariya) is the way of bypassing. For an individual who speaks falsely, abstention from false speech is the way of bypassing. For an individual who speaks divisively, abstention from divisive speech is the way of bypassing. For an individual who speaks harshly, abstention from harsh speech is the way of bypassing. For an individual who indulges in idle chatter, abstention from idle chatter is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is covetous, non-covetousness is the way of bypassing. For an individual whose mind (citta) is malevolent, non-ill will (byāpāda) is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong view, right view is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong intention, right intention is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong speech, right speech is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong action, right action is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong livelihood, right livelihood is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong effort, right effort is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong mindfulness, right mindfulness (sati) is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong concentration, right concentration (samādhi) is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong knowledge, right knowledge (ñāṇa) is the way of bypassing. For an individual of wrong liberation, right liberation is the way of bypassing. For an individual overcome by dullness and drowsiness (thīna-middha), freedom from dullness and drowsiness is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is restless, non-restlessness is the way of bypassing. For an individual beset by doubt (vicikicchā), the state of having crossed beyond doubt is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is angry, non-anger is the way of bypassing. For an individual who harbors resentment, non-resentment is the way of bypassing. For an individual given to contempt, non-contempt is the way of bypassing. For an individual given to insolence, non-insolence is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is envious, non-envy is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is stingy, non-stinginess is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is fraudulent, non-fraudulence is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is deceitful, non-deceit is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is obstinate, non-obstinacy is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is arrogant, non-arrogance is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is difficult to admonish, being easy to admonish is the way of bypassing. For an individual with bad friends, having good friends is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is negligent, diligence is the way of bypassing. For an individual without faith, faith is the way of bypassing. For an individual without moral shame, moral shame is the way of bypassing. For an individual without moral dread, moral dread is the way of bypassing. For an individual of little learning, great learning is the way of bypassing. For an individual who is lazy, the arousal of energy (vīriya) is the way of bypassing. For an individual of muddled mindfulness, established mindfulness is the way of bypassing. For an individual devoid of wisdom, accomplishment in wisdom is the way of bypassing. For an individual who adheres to his own views, holds them tightly, and relinquishes them with difficulty, non-adherence to one's own views, not holding them tightly, and relinquishing them easily is the way of bypassing.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.