Ignoble Expressions

Aṅguttara Nikāya

7. Bhūmicālavagga

Anariyavohārasutta

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Ignoble Expressions

Aṅguttara Nikāya

7. Bhūmicālavagga

Anariyavohārasutta

Eight kinds of ignoble statement that misrepresent the truth.

Ruta suttaAN 8.67Sutta PiṭakaAṅguttara Nikāya8. Aṭṭhakanipāta2. Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka7. BhūmicālavaggaAnariyavohārasutta

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Vista:

“Mendicants, there are these eight ignoble expressions.What eight?Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t. And saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.These are the eight ignoble expressions.”

“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā. Katame aṭṭha? Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā, diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, sute asutavāditā, mute amutavāditā, viññāte aviññātavāditā. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha anariyavohārā”ti.

“Mendicants, there are these eight ignoble expressions.

“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā.

What eight?

Katame aṭṭha?

Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t. And saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.

Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā, diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, sute asutavāditā, mute amutavāditā, viññāte aviññātavāditā.

These are the eight ignoble expressions.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha anariyavohārā”ti.

“Mendicants, there are these eight ignoble expressions.“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, anariyavohārā. What eight?Katame aṭṭha? Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t. And saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavāditā, asute sutavāditā, amute mutavāditā, aviññāte viññātavāditā, diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavāditā, sute asutavāditā, mute amutavāditā, viññāte aviññātavāditā. These are the eight ignoble expressions.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha anariyavohārā”ti.

Sattamaṁ.