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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.137

  • Numbered Discourses 10.137Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.137
  • 14. Good14. Sādhuvagga

BeneficialAtthasutta

“I will teach you the beneficial and the harmful. …“Atthañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anatthañca. And what is the harmful?katamo ca, bhikkhave, anattho? 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 harmful.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anattho. And what is the beneficial?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, attho? 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 beneficial.”ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attho”ti.

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