Is merit or demerit greater?

Khuddaka Nikāya

7. Arūpadhammavavatthānavagga

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañha

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7. Formless Phenomena

Is merit or demerit greater?

Khuddaka Nikāya

7. Arūpadhammavavatthānavagga

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañha

Ruta suttaMil 3.7.7Sutta PiṭakaKhuddaka NikāyaMilindapañha3. Milindapañha7. ArūpadhammavavatthānavaggaPāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañha

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PTS cs 7 The king said: ‘Which, Nāgasena, is there more of, merit or demerit?’

‘Merit.’ PTS vp Pali 84

‘But why?’

‘He who does wrong, O king, comes to feel remorse, and acknowledges his evil-doing. So demerit does not increase. But he who does well feels no remorse, and feeling no remorse gladness will PTS vp En 129 spring up within him, and joy will arise to him thus gladdened, and so rejoicing all his frame will be at peace, and being thus at peace he will experience a blissful feeling of content, and in that bliss his heart will be at rest, and he whose heart is thus at rest knows things as they really are. For that reason merit increases. A man, for example, though his hands and feet are cut off, if he gave to the Blessed One merely a handful of lotuses, would not enter purgatory for ninety-one Kalpas. That is why I said, O king, that there is more merit than demerit.’

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’

7. Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañha

Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, kataraṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ puññaṁ vā apuññaṁ vā”ti? “Puññaṁ kho, mahārāja, bahutaraṁ, apuññaṁ thokan”ti. “Kena kāraṇenā”ti? “Apuññaṁ kho, mahārāja, karonto vippaṭisārī hoti ‘pāpakammaṁ mayā katan’ti, tena pāpaṁ na vaḍḍhati. Puññaṁ kho, mahārāja, karonto avippaṭisārī hoti, avippaṭisārino pāmojjaṁ jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pītimanassa kāyo passambhati, passaddhakāyo sukhaṁ vedeti, sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati, samāhito yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, tena kāraṇena puññaṁ vaḍḍhati. Puriso kho, mahārāja, chinnahatthapādo bhagavato ekaṁ uppalahatthaṁ datvā ekanavutikappāni vinipātaṁ na gacchissati. Imināpi, mahārāja, kāraṇena bhaṇāmi ‘puññaṁ bahutaraṁ, apuññaṁ thokan’”ti.

Rājā āha—

“bhante nāgasena, kataraṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ puññaṁ vā apuññaṁ vā”ti?

“Puññaṁ kho, mahārāja, bahutaraṁ, apuññaṁ thokan”ti.

“Kena kāraṇenā”ti?

“Apuññaṁ kho, mahārāja, karonto vippaṭisārī hoti ‘pāpakammaṁ mayā katan’ti, tena pāpaṁ na vaḍḍhati.

Puññaṁ kho, mahārāja, karonto avippaṭisārī hoti, avippaṭisārino pāmojjaṁ jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pītimanassa kāyo passambhati, passaddhakāyo sukhaṁ vedeti, sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati, samāhito yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, tena kāraṇena puññaṁ vaḍḍhati.

Puriso kho, mahārāja, chinnahatthapādo bhagavato ekaṁ uppalahatthaṁ datvā ekanavutikappāni vinipātaṁ na gacchissati.

Imināpi, mahārāja, kāraṇena bhaṇāmi ‘puññaṁ bahutaraṁ, apuññaṁ thokan’”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañho sattamo. *Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañho sattamo → pāpapuññabahutarapañho navamo (maku)

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañho sattamo. *

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañho sattamo. *Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañho sattamo → pāpapuññabahutarapañho navamo (maku)