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AN 10.137PTS AN 5.2411 min read

Beneficial

Atthasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.137Numbered Discourses 10.137
  • 0.214. Sādhuvagga14. Good

0.3AtthasuttaBeneficial

1.1PTS 5.242“Atthañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anatthañca.“I will teach you the beneficial and the harmful. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, anattho?And what is the harmful?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.1.5ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anattho.This is called the harmful.1.6Katamo ca, bhikkhave, attho?And what is the beneficial?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.1.8ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attho”ti.This is called the beneficial.”

1.9Catutthaṁ.