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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.251

  • Numbered Discourses 4.251Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.251
  • 25. Perils of Offenses25. Āpattibhayavagga

Expressions (2nd)Dutiyavohārasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four noble expressions.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ariyavohārā. What four?Katame cattāro? Saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you haven’t.Adiṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, asute asutavāditā, amute amutavāditā, aviññāte aviññātavāditā— These are the four noble expressions.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ariyavohārā”ti.

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