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Numbered Discourses 10.180

18. Sādhuvagga
18. Good

Kusalasutta

Skillful

“Kusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi akusalañca.
“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ?
And what is the unskillful?

Pāṇātipāto …pe…
Killing living creatures …

micchādiṭṭhi—
wrong view.

idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ.
This is called the unskillful.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ?
And what is the skillful?

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…
Not killing living creatures …

sammādiṭṭhi—
right view.

idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.
This is called the skillful.”

Tatiyaṁ.