Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 4.50 — Corruptions

1“Mendicants, these four corruptions obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle. What four? Stormclouds … Fog … Smoke … An eclipse of Rāhu, lord of titans … These are four corruptions that obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.

2In the same way, these four things corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle. What four?

3There are some ascetics and brahmins who drink beer and wine, not refraining from drinking beer and wine. This is the first thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

4There are some ascetics and brahmins who have sex, not refraining from sex. This is the second thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

5There are some ascetics and brahmins who accept gold and currency, not refraining from receiving gold and currency. This is the third thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

6There are some ascetics and brahmins who make a living the wrong way, not refraining from wrong livelihood. This is the fourth thing that corrupts ascetics and brahmins …

7These are four things that corrupt ascetics and brahmins, so they don’t glow and shine and dazzle.

8Some ascetics and brahmins
are plagued by greed and hate;
men shrouded by ignorance,
enjoying things that seem pleasant.

9Drinking beer and wine,
having sex,
accepting currency and gold:
they’re ignorant.
Some ascetics and brahmins
make a living the wrong way.

10These corruptions were spoken of
by the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun.
When corrupted by these,
some ascetics and brahmins
don’t shine or glow.
Impure, dirty creatures,

11swathed in darkness,
bondservants of craving, full of attachments,
swell the horrors of the charnel ground,
taking up future lives.”