Najirati Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna


 * "What decays, what does not decay and what is the wrong path?
 * What is the danger of things?
 * What decreases by night and day?
 * What is the stain of the holy life?
 * What is the washing without water?
 * In the world how many are the apertures Where the mind does not settle?
 * We like to know this, from the good one."


 * "Matter of beings decay
 * Name and clan does not.
 * Lust is the wrong path and greed is the danger.
 * Life span dwindles night and day.
 * Woman is the stain of the holy life.
 * The populace is soiled on account of the woman.
 * Austerities and the holy life are the washings without water.
 * There are six apertures in the world, in which the mind does not settle.
 * Avoid laziness, negligence, lacking in effort and taming
 * Sleepiness and heaviness after a meal, these are the apertures."