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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.187

  • Numbered Discourses 10.187Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.187
  • 18. Good18. Sādhuvagga

With Suffering as OutcomeDukkhudrayasutta

“I will teach you the principle that has suffering as outcome, and that which has happiness as outcome. …“Dukkhudrayañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhudrayañca. And what is the principle whose outcome is suffering?katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo? Killing living creatures …Pāṇātipāto …pe… wrong view.micchādiṭṭhi— This is the principle whose outcome is suffering.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo.

And what is the principle whose outcome is happiness?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo? Not killing living creatures …Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… right view.sammādiṭṭhi— This is the principle whose outcome is happiness.”ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo”ti.

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  1. AN 10.143 With Suffering as Outcome 0.86near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.143 14. Good With Suffering as Outcome “I will teach you the principle that has suffering as outcome, and that which has happiness as outcome. … And what is the principle whose outcome is suffering…
  2. AN 10.188 Result 0.83near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.188 18. Good Result “I will teach you the principle that results in suffering and that which results in happiness. … And what is the principle that results in suffering? Killing living creatures ……
  3. AN 10.144 Result in Suffering 0.70near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.144 14. Good Result in Suffering “I will teach you the principle that results in suffering and that which results in happiness. … And what principle results in suffering? Wrong view, wrong purpose,…
  4. AN 10.181 Beneficial 0.51near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.181 18. Good Beneficial “I will teach you the beneficial and the harmful. … And what is the harmful? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the harmful. And what is the beneficial? N…