So It Was Said 25 The Book of the Ones Chapter Three Lying (ITI25)

1.1

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1

“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa, bhikkhave, purisapuggalassa nāhaṁ tassa kiñci pāpakammaṁ akaraṇīyanti vadāmi.

“Mendicants, for an individual person who transgresses in one thing, there is no bad deed they would not do, I say.

2.2

Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?

What one thing?

2.3

Yadidaṁ, bhikkhave, sampajānamusāvādo”ti.

It is this: telling a deliberate lie.”

2.4

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

2.5

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

3.1

“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa,

“When a personage, spurning the hereafter,

3.2

musāvādissa jantuno;

transgresses in just one thing—

3.3

Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,

lying—

3.4

natthi pāpaṁ akāriyan”ti.

there is no evil they would not do.”

4.1

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2

Pañcamaṁ.