• Numbered Discourses 4.17 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.17
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Prejudice (1st) Paį¹­hamaagatisutta

ā€œMendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions. ā€œCattārimāni, bhikkhave, agatigamanāni. What four? Katamāni cattāri? Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. Chandāgatiṁ gacchati, dosāgatiṁ gacchati, mohāgatiṁ gacchati, bhayāgatiṁ gacchati—These are the four ways of making prejudiced decisions. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri agatigamanānÄ«ti.

If you act against the teaching Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity, yo dhammaṁ ativattati; your fame fades away, NihÄ«yati tassa yaso, like the moon in the waning fortnight.ā€ kāḷapakkheva candimÄā€ti.