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Principles That Should Be Developed

Bhāvetabbadhammasutta

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  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.195Numbered Discourses 10.195
  • 0.219. Ariyamaggavagga19. The Noble Path

0.3BhāvetabbadhammasuttaPrinciples That Should Be Developed

1.1PTS 5.280“Bhāvetabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi na bhāvetabbañca.“I will teach you the principle to develop and the principle not to develop. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, na bhāvetabbo dhammo?And what is the principle not to develop?1.4Pāṇātipāto …pe…Killing living creatures …1.5micchādiṭṭhi—wrong view.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, na bhāvetabbo dhammo.This is called the principle not to develop.

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

2.5Sattamaṁ.