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Paṭisambhidāyaṃ pana yasmā loke tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ pakatipi sīlanti vuccati, yaṃ sandhāya "ayaṃ sukhasīlo, ayaṃ dukkhasīlo, ayaṃ kalahasīlo, ayaṃ maṇḍanasīlo"ti bhaṇanti, tasmā tena pariyāyena "tīṇi sīlāni, kusalasīlaṃ akusalasīlaṃ abyākatasīlanti (paṭi. ma. 1.39).
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38.But in the world the nature of such and such beings is called their “habit” (sīla) of which they say: “This one is of happy habit (sukha-sīla), this one is of unhappy habit, this one is of quarrelsome habit, this one is of dandified habit.” Because of that it is said in the Paṭisambhidā figuratively: “Three kinds of virtue (habit): profitable virtue, unprofitable virtue, indeterminate virtue” (Paṭis I 44).
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Tattha akusalaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippetassa sīlassa lakkhaṇādīsu ekenapi na sametīti idha na upanītaṃ, tasmā vuttanayenevassa tividhatā veditabbā.
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Of these, the unprofitable is not included here since it has nothing whatever to do with the headings beginning with the characteristic, which define virtue in the sense intended in this [chapter]. So the threefoldness should be understood only in the way already stated.
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