Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā appaṭiviratā.
“… the sentient beings who refrain from mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence are few, while those who don’t refrain are many.
Taṁ kissa hetu?
Why is that?
Adiṭṭhattā bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ.
It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths.
Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?
What four?
Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.
The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.
That’s why you should practice meditation …”
Ekādasamaṁ.
Catutthaāmakadhaññapeyyālavaggo dasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Khettaṁ kāyaṁ dūteyyañca,
tulākūṭaṁ ukkoṭanaṁ;
Chedanaṁ vadhabandhanaṁ,
viparālopaṁ sāhasanti.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“… the sentient beings who refrain from mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence are few, while those who don’t refrain are many.
Why is that?
It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths.
What four?
The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
That’s why you should practice meditation …”
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā appaṭiviratā.
Taṁ kissa hetu?
Adiṭṭhattā bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ.
Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?
Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.
Ekādasamaṁ.
Catutthaāmakadhaññapeyyālavaggo dasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Khettaṁ kāyaṁ dūteyyañca,
tulākūṭaṁ ukkoṭanaṁ;
Chedanaṁ vadhabandhanaṁ,
viparālopaṁ sāhasanti.