Principles That Should Be Cultivated

Āsevitabbadhammasutta

Principles That Should Be Cultivated

Āsevitabbadhammasutta

EN
“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. … And what is the principle not to cultivate? Killing living creatures …
PL
“Āsevitabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi nāsevitabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe…
EN
wrong view. This is called the principle not to cultivate. And what is the principle to cultivate? Not killing living creatures …
PL
micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…
EN
right view. This is called the principle to cultivate.”
PL
sammādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo”ti. Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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