Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

175. Avoidance

1"Bhikkhus, this Dhamma offers a means of avoidance. It does not lack a means of avoidance. And how does this Dhamma offer a means of avoidance and not lack a means of avoidance?

(1) "One who destroys life has abstention from the destruction of life as the means to avoid it. (2) One who takes what is not given has abstention from taking what is not given as the means to avoid it. (3) One who engages in sexual misconduct has abstention from sexual misconduct as the means to avoid it. (4) One who speaks falsely has abstention from false speech as the means to avoid it. (5) One who speaks divisively has abstention from divisive speech as the means to avoid it. (6) One who speaks harshly has abstention from harsh speech as the means to avoid it. (7) One who indulges in idle chatter has abstention from idle chatter as the means to avoid it. (8) One full of longing has non-longing as the means to avoid it. (9) One full of ill will has good will as the means to avoid it. (10) One who holds wrong view has right view as the means to avoid it.

"It is in this way, bhikkhus, that this Dhamma offers a means of avoidance and does not lack a means of avoidance."

1"Saparikkamano ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano. Kathañca, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano?

Pāṇātipātissa, bhikkhave, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Adinnādāyissa, bhikkhave, adinnādānā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Kāmesumicchācārissa, bhikkhave, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Musāvādissa, bhikkhave, musāvādā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Pisuṇavācassa, bhikkhave, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Pharusavācassa, bhikkhave, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Samphappalāpissa, bhikkhave, samphappalāpā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Abhijjhālussa, bhikkhave, anabhijjhā parikkamanaṁ hoti. Byāpannacittassa, bhikkhave, abyāpādo parikkamanaṁ hoti. Micchādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi parikkamanaṁ hoti.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano"ti.


Navamaṁ.

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