iti.39 Itivuttaka

Dhamma-teachings

This was said by the Lord…

“There are, bhikkhus, two successive Dhamma-teachings of the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One. What are the two? ‘See evil as evil’— this is the first Dhamma-teaching. ‘Having seen evil as evil, be rid of it, be detached from it, be freed from it’—this is the second Dhamma-teaching. These, bhikkhus, are the two successive Dhamma-teachings of the Tathāgata…”

Regard the ordered words he spoke,
The Tathāgata, the Awakened One,
Compassionate for all beings,
And the two things he proclaimed:

“See what is evil” is one,
The other “Be detached from it.”
With a mind become detached from evil
You will make an end of suffering.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Teaching

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has two approaches to teaching Dhamma.
What two?
‘See evil as evil’—
this is the first approach to teaching Dhamma.
‘Having seen evil as evil, be disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed from it’—
this is the second approach to teaching Dhamma.
The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has these two approaches to teaching Dhamma.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“See the two approaches for
explaining the Dhamma
used by the Realized One, the Buddha,
compassionate for all beings:
see that that is evil,
and be dispassionate towards it.
Then, with a mind free of desire,
you will make an end of suffering.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.