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Expressions (1st)

Paṭhamavohārasutta

Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you don’t know what you do know.

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0.3PaṭhamavohārasuttaExpressions (1st)

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā.“Mendicants, there are these four ignoble expressions.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā—Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro anariyavohārā”ti.These are the four ignoble expressions.”

1.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.