Numbered Discourses 10.180 18. Good Skillful (AN10.180)

1.1

“Kusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi akusalañca.

“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …

1.2

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

1.3

katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ?

And what is the unskillful?

1.4

Pāṇātipāto …pe…

Killing living creatures …

1.5

micchādiṭṭhi—

wrong view.

1.6

idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ.

This is called the unskillful.

2.1

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ?

And what is the skillful?

2.2

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…

Not killing living creatures …

2.3

sammādiṭṭhi—

right view.

2.4

idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.

This is called the skillful.”

2.5

Tatiyaṁ.