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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.253

  • Numbered Discourses 4.253Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.253
  • 25. Perils of Offenses25. Āpattibhayavagga

Expressions (4th)Catutthavohārasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four noble expressions.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ariyavohārā. What four?Katame cattāro? Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.Diṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, sute sutavāditā, mute mutavāditā, viññāte viññātavāditā— These are the four noble expressions.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ariyavohārā”ti.

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