Principles That Should Be Developed

Bhāvetabbadhammasutta

Principles That Should Be Developed

Bhāvetabbadhammasutta

EN
“I will teach you the principle to develop and the principle not to develop. … Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. And what is the principle not to develop? Killing living creatures …
PL
“Bhāvetabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi na bhāvetabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, na bhāvetabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe…
EN
wrong view. This is called the principle not to develop. And what is the principle to develop? Not killing living creatures …
PL
micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, na bhāvetabbo dhammo. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, bhāvetabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…
EN
right view. This is called the principle to develop.”
PL
sammādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhāvetabbo dhammo”ti. Sattamaṁ.

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

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