Iti 41Bereft of Wisdom
Pāli / Sanskrit:Paññāparihīnasutta
The rewards of noble discernment.
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– So It Was Said 41
The Book of the Twos Chapter Two Bereft of Wisdom
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Those sentient beings are truly bereft, mendicants, who are bereft of noble wisdom. They live unhappily in this very life—with distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth. Those sentient beings are not bereft who are not bereft of noble wisdom. In this very life they’re happy—free of distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a good rebirth.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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