Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
XIX: Yodhajīva Vagga
Sutta 182
Pāṭibhoga Suttaɱ
Guarantor
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[1][pts] "For four things, monks, there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world.
Which four?
"'May what is subject to aging not age':
For this there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world.
"'May what is subject to illness not fall ill':
For this there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world.
"'May what is subject to death not die': For this there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world.
"'May the results of evil actions — defiled, leading to further becoming, distressing, ripening in pain and future birth, aging, and death — not appear':
For this there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world.
"For these four things, monks, there is no guarantor — neither a contemplative, nor a brahman, nor a deva, nor a Māra, nor a Brahmā, nor anyone at all in the world."
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