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Numbered Discourses 8.67

7. Bhūmicālavagga
7. Earthquakes

Anariyavohārasutta

Ignoble Expressions

“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā.
“Mendicants, there are these eight ignoble expressions.

Katame aṭṭha?
What eight?

Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā, diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, sute asutavāditā, mute amutavāditā, viññāte aviññātavāditā.
Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t. And saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha anariyavohārā”ti.
These are the eight ignoble expressions.”

Sattamaṁ.