Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.81 9.

Satisampajaññasutta

Sativagga Satisampajaññasutta “Satisampajaññe, bhikkhave, asati satisampajaññavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ. Hirottappe asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti indriyasaṁvaro.

Disciples, when there is no mindfulness and clear knowing, the foundation for moral shame and moral dread is destroyed.

Indriyasaṁvare asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ.

When there is no moral shame and moral dread, the foundation for sense restraint is destroyed.

Sīle asati sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi.

When there is no sense restraint, the foundation for virtue is destroyed.

Sammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ.

When there is no virtue, the foundation for right concentration is destroyed.

Yathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo.

When there is no right concentration, the foundation for knowing and vision of things as they really are is destroyed.

Nibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.

When there is no knowing and vision of things as they really are, the foundation for disenchantment and dispassion is destroyed.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati.

When there is no disenchantment and dispassion, the foundation for the knowing and vision of liberation is destroyed.

Just as when a tree is without branches and leaves, its bark, sapwood, and heartwood do not reach completion.

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, satisampajaññe asati satisampajaññavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ; hirottappe asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti …pe… vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ. Satisampajaññe, bhikkhave, sati satisampajaññasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ. Hirottappe sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti indriyasaṁvaro.

In the same way when there is no mindfulness and clear knowing, the foundation for moral shame and moral dread is destroyed; when there is no moral shame and moral dread, the foundation for sense restraint is destroyed; when there is no sense restraint, the foundation for virtue is destroyed; when there is no virtue, the foundation for right concentration is destroyed; when there is no right concentration, the foundation for knowing and vision of things as they really are is destroyed; when there is no knowing and vision of things as they really are, the foundation for disenchantment and dispassion is destroyed; when there is no disenchantment and dispassion, the foundation for the knowing and vision of liberation is destroyed.

Indriyasaṁvare sati indriyasaṁvarasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti sīlaṁ.

Disciples, when there is mindfulness and clear knowing, the foundation for moral shame and moral dread is established.

Sīle sati sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi.

When there is moral shame and moral dread, the foundation for sense restraint is established.

Sammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ. Yathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo. Nibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.

When there is sense restraint, the foundation for virtue is established.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno.

When there is virtue, the foundation for right concentration is established.

Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati.

When there is right concentration, the foundation for knowing and vision of things as they really are is established.

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, satisampajaññe sati satisampajaññasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ; hirottappe sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti …pe… vimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti. Paṭhamaṁ.

When there is knowing and vision of things as they really are, the foundation for disenchantment and dispassion is established. When there is disenchantment and dispassion, the foundation for the knowing and vision of liberation is established.

Just as when a tree has branches and leaves, its bark, sapwood, and heartwood reach completion.

In the same way when there is mindfulness and clear knowing, the foundation for moral shame and moral dread is established; when there is moral shame and moral dread, the foundation for sense restraint is established; when there is sense restraint, the foundation for virtue is established; when there is virtue, the foundation for right concentration is established; when there is right concentration, the foundation for knowing and vision of things as they really are is established; when there is knowing and vision of things as they really are, the foundation for disenchantment and dispassion is established; when there is disenchantment and dispassion, the foundation for the knowing and vision of liberation is established.