Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
AN 10.194PTS AN 5.2791 min read

Principles That Should Be Cultivated

Āsevitabbadhammasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.194Numbered Discourses 10.194
  • 0.219. Ariyamaggavagga19. The Noble Path

0.3ĀsevitabbadhammasuttaPrinciples That Should Be Cultivated

1.1“Āsevitabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi nāsevitabbañca.“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo?And what is the principle not to cultivate?1.4Pāṇātipāto …pe…Killing living creatures …1.5micchādiṭṭhi—wrong view.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo.This is called the principle not to cultivate.

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

2.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.