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Trades

Vaṇijjāsutta

Five kinds of trade that are wrong livelihood.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.177Numbered Discourses 5.177
  • 0.218. Upāsakavagga18. A Lay Follower

0.3VaṇijjāsuttaTrades

1.1“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, vaṇijjā upāsakena akaraṇīyā.“Mendicants, a lay follower should not engage in these five trades.1.2Katamā pañca?What five?1.3Satthavaṇijjā, sattavaṇijjā, maṁsavaṇijjā, majjavaṇijjā, visavaṇijjā—Trade in weapons, living creatures, meat, intoxicants, and poisons.1.4imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca vaṇijjā upāsakena akaraṇīyā”ti.A lay follower should not engage in these five trades.”

1.5Sattamaṁ.