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Expressions (2nd)

Dutiyavohārasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.251Numbered Discourses 4.251
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0.3DutiyavohārasuttaExpressions (2nd)

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ariyavohārā.“Mendicants, there are these four noble expressions.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Adiṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, asute asutavāditā, amute amutavāditā, aviññāte aviññātavāditā—Saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you haven’t.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ariyavohārā”ti.These are the four noble expressions.”

1.5Navamaṁ.