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Numbered Discourses 4.250

25. Āpattibhayavagga
25. Perils of Offenses

Paṭhamavohārasutta

Expressions (1st)

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā.
“Mendicants, there are these four ignoble expressions.

Katame cattāro?
What four?

Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā—
Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro anariyavohārā”ti.
These are the four ignoble expressions.”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.