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Should Be Cultivated

Āsevitabbasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.150Numbered Discourses 10.150
  • 0.215. Ariyavagga15. The Noble Path

0.3ĀsevitabbasuttaShould Be Cultivated

1.1“Āsevitabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi na āsevitabbañca.“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, na āsevitabbo dhammo?And what is the principle not to cultivate?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, na āsevitabbo dhammo.This is called the principle not to cultivate.1.6Katamo ca, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo?And what is the principle to cultivate?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, āsevitabbo dhammo”ti.This is called the principle to cultivate.”

1.9Chaṭṭhaṁ.