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AN 10.136PTS AN 5.241Akusala1 min read

Unskillful

Akusalasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.136Numbered Discourses 10.136
  • 0.214. Sādhuvagga14. Good

0.3AkusalasuttaUnskillful

1.1“Akusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi kusalañca.“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ?And what is the unskillful?1.4Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti—Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.1.5idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ.This is called the unskillful.1.6Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ?And what is the skillful?1.7Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti—Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.1.8idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.This is called the skillful.”

1.9Tatiyaṁ.