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Expressions (4th)

Catutthavohārasutta

Four kinds of noble expression by saying you do know what you do know.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.253Numbered Discourses 4.253
  • 0.225. Āpattibhayavagga25. Perils of Offenses

0.3CatutthavohārasuttaExpressions (4th)

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ariyavohārā.“Mendicants, there are these four noble expressions.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Diṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, sute sutavāditā, mute mutavāditā, viññāte viññātavāditā—Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ariyavohārā”ti.These are the four noble expressions.”

1.5Ekādasamaṁ.

1.6Āpattibhayavaggo pañcamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Bhedaāpatti sikkhā ca,2.2seyyā thūpārahena ca;2.3Paññāvuddhi bahukārā,2.4vohārā caturo ṭhitāti.

2.5Pañcamo paṇṇāsako samatto.