Gandhavilepanasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1775

[1775] Bhikkhus, so too, few are those beings who abstain from wearing garlands, scents, and unguents, and from adornment and beautification; rather, far more numerous are those beings who do not abstain from wearing garlands, scents, and unguents, and from adornment and beautification. The Chapter (is concluded). Summary verse (uddāna): Living beings, what is not given, sensual misconduct, false speech, and divisive speech, Harsh speech,¹ idle chatter, seeds, (eating) at the wrong time, scents and unguents. _______________________ ¹ M(yanmar edition): "pharusaṃ samphappalāpaṃ bījañca vikālaṃ gandhanti." In the Raw-Grain Repetition Series (Āmakadhaññapeyyāla), the Third Chapter, the Ninth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.