8. Uppatha Sutta
Discourse Concerning that which is Not the Way

Jara Vagga, Devata Samyutta
Sagatha Vagga Samyutta, Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

8. Uppatha Sutta
Discourse Concerning that which is Not the Way

      58. (The deva said:)

      "What is called the wrong way?

      What is being used up day and nigbt?

      What pollutes the celibate life?

      What, without being water, has cleansing properties?"

      (The Bhagava said:)

      "Attachment is called the wrong way ( for those aspiring to Nibbana and to good destinations).

      Life is being used up day and night.

      Woman pollutes the celibate life; living beings are attached to that pollutant.

      Practice of austerity and practice of celibacy, though not water, have cleansing properties."

End of the Uppatha Sutta,

the eighth in this vagga.