“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, paṭipadā.
+ → sāvatthinidānaṁ (bjt)“Mendicants, there are three practices.
Katamā tisso?What three?
Āgāḷhā paṭipadā, nijjhāmā paṭipadā, majjhimā paṭipadā.The addicted practice, the scorching practice, and the middle practice.
Katamā ca, bhikkhave, āgāḷhā paṭipadā?And what’s the addicted practice?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco evaṁvādī hoti evaṁdiṭṭhi:It’s when someone has this doctrine and view:
‘natthi kāmesu doso’ti.
natthi → n atthi (pts) | dosoti → doso (pts)‘There’s nothing wrong with sensual pleasures’;
So kāmesu pātabyataṁ āpajjati.
pātabyataṁ → pātavyataṁ (bjt, pts)so they throw themselves into sensual pleasures.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, āgāḷhā paṭipadā.This is called the addicted practice.
Katamā ca, bhikkhave, nijjhāmā paṭipadā?And what’s the scorching practice?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco acelako hoti muttācāro, hatthāpalekhano, naehibhadantiko, natiṭṭhabhadantiko, nābhihaṭaṁ na uddissakataṁ na nimantanaṁ sādiyati.
hatthāpalekhano → hatthāvalekhano (sya-all, km, pts1ed) | naehibhadantiko natiṭṭhabhadantiko nābhihaṭaṁ → (bj) | hatthāpalekhano → hatthāvalekhano (syā. kaṁ.) dī. ni. 1.394; ma. ni. 1.155 passitabbaṁ (cck note) | naehibhadantiko natiṭṭhabhadantiko → na ehibhadantiko na tiṭṭhabhadantiko (my) | naehibhadantiko natiṭṭhabhadantiko nābhihaṭaṁ → na ehibhadantiko na tiṭṭhabhadantiko na abhihaṭaṁ (bjt) | uddissakataṁ → uddissakaṭaṁ (bjt) | hatthāpalekhano naehibhadantiko natiṭṭhabhadantiko → hatthāvalekhano na ehibhadantiko na tiṭṭhabhadantiko (th) | hatthāpalekhano naehibhadantiko natiṭṭhabhadantiko nābhihaṭaṁ → hatthāvalekhano na ehibhadantiko na tiṭṭhabhadantiko nābhihataṁ (pts)It’s when someone goes naked, ignoring conventions. They lick their hands, and don’t come or wait when called. They don’t consent to food brought to them, or food prepared on their behalf, or an invitation for a meal.
So na kumbhimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti, na kaḷopimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti na eḷakamantaraṁ na daṇḍamantaraṁ na musalamantaraṁ na dvinnaṁ bhuñjamānānaṁ na gabbhiniyā na pāyamānāya na purisantaragatāya na saṅkittīsu na yattha sā upaṭṭhito hoti na yattha makkhikā saṇḍasaṇḍacārinī na macchaṁ na maṁsaṁ na suraṁ na merayaṁ, na thusodakaṁ pivati.
kaḷopimukhā → khaḷopimukhā (bj) | paṭiggaṇhāti → patigaṇhāti (bj) | eḷakamantaraṁ → elakamantaraṁ (sya-all) | thusodakaṁ → thūsodakaṁ (sya-all) | saṅkittīsu → saṅkittisu (pts) | saṇḍasaṇḍacārinī → saṇḍacārinī (pts) | kaḷopimukhā → kalobhimukhā (bj: machasaṁ) | kaḷopimukhā → khaḷopimukhā (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ.) | saṇḍasaṇḍacārinī → saṇḍacārinī (sya-all: yu.) | saṅkittīsu → saṁkittīsu (th) | paṭiggaṇhāti → paṭigaṇhāti (pts) | kaḷopimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti → kaḷopi-mukhā paṭigaṇhāti (pts)They don’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. They accept no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drink no fermented gruel.
So ekāgāriko vā hoti ekālopiko, dvāgāriko vā hoti dvālopiko … sattāgāriko vā hoti sattālopiko;
ekālopiko → ekālopiko vā (bj) | dvālopiko → dvālopiko vā (bj) | sattālopiko → sattālopiko vā (bj) | vā → ekālopito (bj: machasaṁ); dvalopito (bj: machasaṁ) | vā → ekālopito (bj: machasaṁ); dvalopito (bj: machasaṁ) | sattālopiko → satālopiko (pts)They go to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls.
ekissāpi dattiyā yāpeti, dvīhipi dattīhi yāpeti … sattahipi dattīhi yāpeti;
dvīhipi → dvīhipi dattīhi yāpeti tīhipi (bj) | + → tīhipi dattīhi yāpeti (bjt) | dvīhipi → dvīhi pi (pts) | sattahipi → sattahi pi (pts)They feed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day.
ekāhikampi āhāraṁ āhāreti, dvāhikampi āhāraṁ āhāreti … sattāhikampi āhāraṁ āhāreti—iti evarūpaṁ addhamāsikampi pariyāyabhattabhojanānuyogamanuyutto viharati.
dvāhikampi → dvīhikampi (sya-all, pts) | addhamāsikampi → aḍḍhamāsikampi (sya-all) | addhamāsikampi pariyāyabhattabhojanānuyogamanuyutto → aḍḍhamāsikam pi pariyāyabhattabhojanānuyogam anuyutto (pts) | ekāhikampi → ekāhikam pi (pts) | dvāhikampi → dvīhikam pi (pts) | sattāhikampi → sattāhikam pi (pts)They eat once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. They live pursuing the practice of eating food at set intervals.
So sākabhakkhopi hoti, sāmākabhakkhopi hoti, nīvārabhakkhopi hoti, daddulabhakkhopi hoti, haṭabhakkhopi hoti, kaṇabhakkhopi hoti, ācāmabhakkhopi hoti, piññākabhakkhopi hoti, tiṇabhakkhopi hoti, gomayabhakkhopi hoti, vanamūlaphalāhāro yāpeti pavattaphalabhojī.
kaṇabhakkhopi → kaṇhabhakkhopi (bj, cck) | nīvārabhakkhopi → nivārabhakkhopi (sya-all) | sākabhakkhopi → sākabhakkho pi (pts) | sāmākabhakkhopi → sāmākabhakkho pi (pts) | nīvārabhakkhopi → nīvārabhakkho pi (pts) | daddulabhakkhopi → daddulabhakkho pi (pts) | haṭabhakkhopi → haṭabhakkho pi (pts) | kaṇabhakkhopi → kaṇabhakkho pi (pts) | ācāmabhakkhopi → ācāmabhakkho pi (pts) | piññākabhakkhopi → piññākabhakkho pi (pts) | tiṇabhakkhopi → tiṇabhakkho pi (pts) | gomayabhakkhopi → gomayabhakkho pi (pts)They eat herbs, millet, wild rice, poor rice, water lettuce, rice bran, scum from boiling rice, sesame flour, grass, or cow dung. They survive on forest roots and fruits, or eating fallen fruit.
So sāṇānipi dhāreti, masāṇānipi dhāreti, chavadussānipi dhāreti, paṁsukūlānipi dhāreti, tirīṭānipi dhāreti, ajinampi dhāreti, ajinakkhipampi dhāreti, kusacīrampi dhāreti, vākacīrampi dhāreti, phalakacīrampi dhāreti, kesakambalampi dhāreti, vāḷakambalampi dhāreti, ulūkapakkhikampi dhāreti,
ajinampi → ajinānipi (bj, sya-all, pts) | vāḷakambalampi → vālakambalampi (bj, sya-all, pts) | ulūkapakkhikampi → ulūkapakkhampi (bj, sya-all) | tirīṭānipi → tirīṭakānipi (sya-all) | sāṇānipi → sāṇāni pi (pts) | masāṇānipi → masāṇāni pi (pts) | chavadussānipi → chavadussāni pi (pts) | paṁsukūlānipi → paṁsukūlāni pi (pts) | tirīṭānipi → tirīṭāni pi (pts) | ajinampi → ajināni pi (pts) | ajinakkhipampi → ajinakkhipam pi (pts) | kusacīrampi → kusacīram pi (pts) | vākacīrampi → vākacīram pi (pts) | phalakacīrampi → phalakacīram pi (pts) | kesakambalampi → kesakambalam pi (pts) | vāḷakambalampi → vālakambalaṁ pi (pts) | ulūkapakkhikampi → ulūkapakkhikam pi (pts)They wear robes of sunn hemp, mixed hemp, corpse-wrapping cloth, rags, lodh tree bark, antelope hide (whole or in strips), kusa grass, bark, wood-chips, human hair, horse-tail hair, or owls’ wings.
kesamassulocakopi hoti kesamassulocanānuyogamanuyutto,
kesamassulocakopi hoti kesamassulocanānuyogamanuyutto → kesamassulocano kesamassulocanānuyogam anuyutto ubhaṭṭhako (pts)They tear out their hair and beard, committed to this practice.
ubbhaṭṭhakopi hoti āsanapaṭikkhitto,
ubbhaṭṭhakopi → pi (pts)They constantly stand, turning down seats.
ukkuṭikopi hoti ukkuṭikappadhānamanuyutto,
ukkuṭikappadhānamanuyutto → ukkuṭikappadhānānuyogamanuyutto (bj) | ukkuṭikopi → ukkuṭiko pi hoti ukkuṭikappadhānam anuyutto pi (pts)They squat, committed to the endeavor of squatting.
kaṇṭakāpassayikopi hoti kaṇṭakāpassaye seyyaṁ kappeti,
kaṇṭakāpassayikopi → kaṇṭakāpassayiko pi (pts)They lie on a mat of thorns, making a mat of thorns their bed.
sāyatatiyakampi udakorohanānuyogamanuyutto viharati—
udakorohanānuyogamanuyutto → udakorohaṇānuyogamanuyutto (sya-all) | sāyatatiyakampi udakorohanānuyogamanuyutto → sāyaṁ tatiyakam pi udakorohanānuyogam anuyutto (pts)They’re devoted to ritual bathing three times a day, including at dusk.
iti evarūpaṁ anekavihitaṁ kāyassa ātāpanaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto viharati.
ātāpanaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto → ātāpanaparitāpanānuyogam anuyutto (pts)And so they live pursuing these various ways of mortifying and tormenting the body.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nijjhāmā paṭipadā.This is called the scorching practice.
Katamā ca, bhikkhave, majjhimā paṭipadā?And what’s the middle practice?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;
abhijjhādomanassaṁ → abhijjhādomanassaṁ citte (pts)It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …
citte …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of the mind …
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, majjhimā paṭipadā.This is called the middle practice.
Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso paṭipadāti.
paṭipadāti → paṭipadā (pts)These are the three practices.
