Bhāvetabbābhāvetabbadhaṁsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Dasakanipāta · Ekādasakanipāta · Vol. 24 · Section 184

[184] "Bhikkhus, I shall teach you the dhamma that should be developed (bhāvetabba) and the dhamma that should not be developed. Listen to that. … And what, bhikkhus, is the dhamma that should not be developed? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta) … wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) — this, bhikkhus, is called the dhamma that should not be developed. And what, bhikkhus, is the dhamma that should be developed? Abstention (veramaṇī) from the destruction of life … right view (sammādiṭṭhi) — this, bhikkhus, is called the dhamma that should be developed."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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