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# AN 5:130 · Being Consummate (Sampadā Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-5-130/
- Published: 2026-06-01T03:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:34:21.000Z
- Description: Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 5:130. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

*This discourse serves as a strong reminder not to break the precepts even for the sake of people or things one holds dear.*

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“Monks, there are these five kinds of loss. Which five? Loss of relatives, loss of wealth, loss through disease, loss in terms of virtue, loss in terms of views. It’s not by reason of loss of relatives, loss of wealth, or loss through disease that beings—with the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. It’s by reason of loss in terms of virtue and loss in terms of views that beings—with the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. These are the five kinds of loss.

“There are these five ways of being consummate. Which five? Being consummate in terms of relatives, being consummate in terms of wealth, being consummate in terms of freedom from disease, being consummate in terms of virtue, being consummate in terms of views. It’s not by reason of being consummate in terms of relatives, being consummate in terms of wealth, or being consummate in terms of freedom from disease that beings—with the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a good destination, a heavenly world. It’s by reason of being consummate in virtue and being consummate in terms of views that beings—with the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a good destination, a heavenly world. These are the five ways of being consummate.”

See also: [MN 75](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-75/); [MN 82](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-82/); [MN 97](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-97/); [AN 8:54](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-8-54/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN5%5F130.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*