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Numbered Discourses · AN 1.140–149

  • Numbered Discourses 1.140–149Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

The Chapter on Not the Teaching11. Adhammavagga

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“Mendicants, those mendicants who explain what is not the teaching as not the teaching are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū adhammaṁ adhammoti dīpenti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.

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“Mendicants, those mendicants who explain what is the teaching as the teaching are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū dhammaṁ dhammoti dīpenti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.

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“Those mendicants who explain what is not found in the monastic law as not found in the monastic law … what is found in the monastic law as found in the monastic law … what was not spoken and stated by the Realized One as not spoken and stated by the Realized One … what was spoken and stated by the Realized One as spoken and stated by the Realized One … what was not practiced by the Realized One as not practiced by the Realized One … what was practiced by the Realized One as practiced by the Realized One … what was not prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One … what was prescribed by the Realized One as prescribed by the Realized One …“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū avinayaṁ avinayoti dīpenti …pe… vinayaṁ vinayoti dīpenti …pe… abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatena abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatena bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… apaññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… paññattaṁ tathāgatena paññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti; are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  3. AN 1.98–139 The Chapter on Negligence (2nd) 0.55near 0.1They brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.” 132–139 “Those mendicants who explain what is not found in the monastic law as found in the monastic law … what is found in the monastic law as not fo…
  4. AN 8.76 Accomplishments (2nd) 0.53near 1.2to lead to happiness in both spheres, welfare and benefit in this life, and happiness in lives to come. This is how, for a householder, merit grows by generosity.”…
  5. AN 10.135 The Teaching of the Noble Ones 0.51near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.135 14. Good The Teaching of the Noble Ones “Mendicants, I will teach you the teaching of the noble ones, and what is not the teaching of the noble ones. … And what is not the teaching of the noble…