Tatiyaadhammasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Dasakanipāta · Ekādasakanipāta · Vol. 24 · Section 162

[162] Bhikkhus, non-Dhamma (adhamma) should be understood, and Dhamma; the harmful (anattha) should be understood, and the beneficial (attha). Having understood non-Dhamma and Dhamma, having understood the harmful and the beneficial, one should practice in accordance with what is Dhamma and what is beneficial. And what, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma? What is Dhamma? What is the harmful? And what is the beneficial? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta), bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence (veramaṇī) from the destruction of life is Dhamma. And the many evil, unwholesome states that arise with the destruction of life as condition — this is the harmful. And the many wholesome states that reach fulfillment by development with abstinence from the destruction of life as condition — this is the beneficial. Taking what is not given (adinnādāna), bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from taking what is not given is Dhamma ... Sexual misconduct, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from sexual misconduct is Dhamma ... False speech, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from false speech is Dhamma ... Divisive speech, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from divisive speech is Dhamma ... Harsh speech, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from harsh speech is Dhamma ... Frivolous talk, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; abstinence from frivolous talk is Dhamma ... Covetousness (abhijjhā), bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; non-covetousness is Dhamma ... Ill will, bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; non-ill will is Dhamma ... Wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi), bhikkhus, is non-Dhamma; right view (sammādiṭṭhi) is Dhamma. And the many evil, unwholesome states that arise with wrong view as condition — this is the harmful. And the many wholesome states that reach fulfillment by development with right view as condition — this is the beneficial. "Bhikkhus, non-Dhamma should be understood, and Dhamma; the harmful should be understood, and the beneficial. Having understood non-Dhamma and Dhamma, having understood the harmful and the beneficial, one should practice in accordance with what is Dhamma and what is beneficial" — thus what was said, it was in reference to this that it was said.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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