Sutta Nipāta — Antologia de Discursos — 2.6 — A Righteous Life

1A righteous life, a spiritual life,
they call this the supreme treasure.
But if someone goes forth
from the lay life to homelessness

2who is of scurrilous character,
a beast and a bully,
their life gets worse,
as poison grows inside them.

3A mendicant who loves to quarrel,
wrapped in delusion,
doesn’t even know what’s been explained
in the Dhamma taught by the Buddha.

4Harassing those who are evolved,
governed by ignorance,
they don’t know that corruption
is the path that leads to hell.

5Entering the underworld,
passing from womb to womb, <j>from darkness to darkness,
such a mendicant
falls into suffering after death.

6One such as that is
like a sewer
brimful with years of filth
for it’s hard to clean one full of grime.

7Mendicants, knowing that someone is like this,
attached to the domestic life,
of corrupt wishes and wicked intent,
of bad behavior and alms-resort,

8then having gathered in harmony,
you should expel them.
Throw out the trash!
Get rid of the rubbish!

9And sweep away the scraps—
they’re not ascetics, they just think they are.
When you’ve thrown out those of corrupt wishes,
of bad behavior and alms-resort,

10dwell in communion, ever mindful,
the pure with the pure.
Then in harmony, alert,
you’ll make an end of suffering.