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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.134

  • Numbered Discourses 10.134Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.134
  • 14. Good14. Sādhuvagga

GoodSādhusutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you what is good and what is not good.“Sādhuñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi asādhuñca. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. The Buddha said this:Bhagavā etadavoca:

“And what, mendicants, is not good?“Katamañca, bhikkhave, asādhu? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.Micchādiṭṭhi, micchāsaṅkappo, micchāvācā, micchākammanto, micchāājīvo, micchāvāyāmo, micchāsati, micchāsamādhi, micchāñāṇaṁ, micchāvimutti— This is called what is not good.idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asādhu. And what is good?Katamañca, bhikkhave, sādhu? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.Sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇaṁ, sammāvimutti— This is called what is good.”idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sādhū”ti.

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