[762] **A bhikkhu should not incur reproach (upavāda) anywhere** — Which are the defilements (kilesa) that create reproach? There are some ascetics and brahmins possessed of psychic power, possessed of the divine eye, who know the minds of others; they see even from afar, and even when near they are not seen, and they know mind with mind. There are also deities possessed of psychic power, possessed of the divine eye, who know the minds of others; they see even from afar, and even when near they are not seen, and they know mind with mind. They might reproach one on account of gross defilements, or middling defilements, or subtle defilements.
Which are the gross defilements? Misconduct by body, misconduct by speech, misconduct by mind — these are called the gross defilements. Which are the middling defilements? Thought of sensual pleasures, thought of ill will, thought of harming — these are called the middling defilements. Which are the subtle defilements? Thought about relatives, thought about one's country, thought connected with immortality (amaravitakka), thought connected with sympathy for others, thought connected with gain, honor, and fame, thought connected with not being despised — these are called the subtle defilements.
They might reproach one on account of gross defilements, or middling defilements, or subtle defilements. **One should not incur reproach**: one should not create the defilements that produce reproach; one should not generate them, should not engender them, should not bring them forth, should not produce them; one should abandon, dispel, bring to an end, and obliterate the defilements that produce reproach; one should be far removed from the defilements that produce reproach, abstaining, refraining, gone out from them, released, fully freed, detached from them; one should dwell with a mind rid of boundaries. **Anywhere**: anywhere, in anything, in any place, whether internally, or externally, or both internally and externally. Hence, "a bhikkhu should not incur reproach anywhere."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.