Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XIII: Parisuddha-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

XIII: Perfect Purity

Sutta 130

Aṭṭhama Suttaṃ

Made to Grow (c)

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, these ten states,
if made to grow,
if made much of,
end in the restraint of lust,
malice
and delusion,
but only in the discipline of the Wayfarer.

What ten?

Right view,
right thinking,
right speech,
right action,
right living,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration,
right knowledge,
right release.

These are the ten states,
which if made to grow,
if made much of,
end in the restraint of lust,
malice
and delusion,
but only in the discipline of the Wayfarer."