an.2.4 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)
4. Not Mortifying
“These two things, mendicants, are not mortifying.
What two?
It’s when someone has done good things and not done bad things, by way of body, speech, and mind.
Thinking, ‘I’ve done good things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re not mortified. Thinking, ‘I haven’t done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re not mortified.
These are the two things that are not mortifying.”
“These two things, mendicants, are not mortifying.
What two?
It’s when someone has done good things and not done bad things, by way of body, speech, and mind.
Thinking, ‘I’ve done good things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re not mortified. Thinking, ‘I haven’t done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind’, they’re not mortified.
These are the two things that are not mortifying.”