iti.5 Itivuttaka

Contempt

This was said by the Lord…

“… Contempt is that one thing, bhikkhus. Abandon that and I guarantee you non-returning.”

Beings despising others with contempt
Go to rebirth in a bad bourn.
But having rightly understood contempt,
Those with insight abandon it.
By abandoning it they never come
Back to this world again.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Disdain

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, give up one thing.
and I guarantee you non-return.
What one thing?
Disdain is the one thing. Give it up,
and I guarantee you non-return.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“When overcome by disdain
beings go to a bad place.
Having rightly understood that disdain,
the discerning give it up.
Once they’ve given it up,
they never return to this world.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.