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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 18

Text 18 of 1,819

Canonical reference sn1.18

English

Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 1.18
2. The Garden of Delight
Conscience
“Can a person constrained by conscience
be found in the world,
who is cognizant of blame,
like a fine horse of the whip?”
“Few are those constrained by conscience,
who live always mindful.
Having reached the end of suffering,
smoothly they walk in the rough.”

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.18
2. Nandanavagga
Hirīsutta
“Hirīnisedho puriso,
koci lokasmiṁ vijjati;
Yo nindaṁ apabodhati,
asso bhadro kasāmivā”ti.
“Hirīnisedhā tanuyā,
ye caranti sadā satā;
Antaṁ dukkhassa pappuyya,
caranti visame saman”ti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Discours reliés 1.18
2. Le jardin des délices
Conscience morale
« Peut-on trouver dans le monde
une personne retenue par sa conscience morale,
attentive au blâme,
comme un bon cheval au fouet ? »
« Rares sont ceux que retient leur conscience morale
et qui vivent toujours en pleine présence.
Parvenus au terme de la souffrance,
ils cheminent sans heurt sur un terrain accidenté. »

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