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Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 147

[147] "And how, bhikkhus, is a true person (sappurisa) one who counsels as a true person? Here, bhikkhus, a true person counsels neither for his own affliction, nor counsels for the affliction of others, nor counsels for the affliction of both. Thus indeed, bhikkhus, is a true person one who counsels as a true person."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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