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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.180

  • Numbered Discourses 10.180Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.180
  • 18. Good18. Sādhuvagga

SkillfulKusalasutta

“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …“Kusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi akusalañca. And what is the unskillful?katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ? Killing living creatures …Pāṇātipāto …pe… wrong view.micchādiṭṭhi— This is called the unskillful.idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ.

And what is the skillful?Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ? Not killing living creatures …Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… right view.sammādiṭṭhi— This is called the skillful.”idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 10.136 Unskillful 0.78near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.136 14. Good Unskillful “I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful … And what is the unskillful? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong…
  2. AN 10.184 Blameworthy 0.62near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.184 18. Good Blameworthy “I will teach you the blameworthy principle and the blameless. … And what is the blameworthy principle? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the blameworth…
  3. AN 10.185 Mortifying 0.61near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.185 18. Good Mortifying “I will teach you the mortifying principle and the unmortifying. … And what is the mortifying principle? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the mortifying…
  4. AN 10.182 The Teaching 0.56near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.182 18. Good The Teaching “I will teach you what is the teaching and what is not the teaching. … And what is not the teaching? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called what is not the…
  5. AN 10.183 Defiled 0.56near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.183 18. Good Defiled “I will teach you the defiled principle and the undefiled. … And what is the defiled principle? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the defiled principle. And…