Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XV: Ariya-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

XV: The Ariyan Way (a)

Sutta 151

Bhāvetabba Suttaṃ

To Be Made to Grow

 

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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, I will teach you dhamma not to be made to grow and dhamma to be made to grow.

Do ye listen to it.

Pay attention carefully and I will speak."

"We will, sir," replied those monks to the Exalted One,
who said this:

"And what, monks, is dhamma not to be made to grow?

Wrong view,
wrong thinking,
wrong speech,
wrong action,
wrong living,
wrong effort,
wrong mindfulness,
wrong concentration,
wrong knowledge,
wrong release.

This is called "dhamma not to be made to grow"

 

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And what, monks, is the Dhamma to be made to grow?

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

This is called 'Dhamma to be made to grow'."