Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 3.29 — Blind

1“These three individuals are found in the world. What three? The blind, the one-eyed, and the two-eyed.

2Who is the blind individual? It’s someone who doesn’t have the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired. Nor do they have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between qualities that are skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, and those with a portion of dark or bright. This is called a blind individual.

3Who is the individual with one eye? It’s someone who has the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth and to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired. But they don’t have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between qualities that are skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, and those with a portion of dark or bright. This is called a one-eyed individual.

4Who is the individual with two eyes? It’s someone who has the kind of vision that’s needed to acquire more wealth and to increase the wealth they’ve already acquired. And they have the kind of vision that’s needed to know the difference between skillful and unskillful, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, or qualities on the side of dark and bright. This is called a two-eyed individual.

5These are the three individuals found in the world.

6Neither suitable wealth,
nor merit do they make.
They hold a losing hand on both counts,
those who are blind, with ruined eyes.

7And now the one-eyed
individual is explained.
By methods good and bad,
that devious person seeks wealth.

8Both by fraudulent, thieving deeds,
and also by lies,
the young man’s skilled at piling up money,
and enjoying sensual pleasures.
From here they go to hell—
the one-eyed person is ruined.

9And now the two-eyed is explained,
the best individual.
Their wealth is earned legitimately,
money acquired by their own hard work.

10They give with best of intentions,
that peaceful-hearted man.
They go to a good place,
where there is no sorrow.

11The blind and the one-eyed,
you should avoid from afar.
But you should keep the two-eyed close,
the best individual.”