Numbered Discourses 10.181 18. Good Beneficial (AN10.181)

1.1

“Atthañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anatthañca.

“I will teach you the beneficial and the harmful. …

1.2

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

1.3

katamo ca, bhikkhave, anattho?

And what is the harmful?

1.4

Pāṇātipāto …pe…

Killing living creatures …

1.5

micchādiṭṭhi—

wrong view.

1.6

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anattho.

This is called the harmful.

2.1

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, attho?

And what is the beneficial?

2.2

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…

Not killing living creatures …

2.3

sammādiṭṭhi—

right view.

2.4

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attho”ti.

This is called the beneficial.”

2.5

Catutthaṁ.