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Beneficial

Atthasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.181Numbered Discourses 10.181
  • 0.218. Sādhuvagga18. Good

0.3AtthasuttaBeneficial

1.1“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?1.4Pāṇātipāto …pe…Killing living creatures …1.5micchādiṭṭhi—wrong view.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anattho.This is called the harmful.

2.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, attho?And what is the beneficial?2.2Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…Not killing living creatures …2.3sammādiṭṭhi—right view.2.4ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attho”ti.This is called the beneficial.”

2.5Catutthaṁ.