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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.136

  • Numbered Discourses 10.136Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.136
  • 14. Good14. Sādhuvagga

UnskillfulAkusalasutta

“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …“Akusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi kusalañca. And what is the unskillful?katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti— This is called the unskillful.idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ. And what is the skillful?Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti— This is called the skillful.”idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.

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