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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.175 — 17. Jāṇussoṇivagga — Parikkamanasutta

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  1. an10.175:0.1

    Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.175

    Numbered Discourses 10.175

  2. an10.175:0.2

    17. Jāṇussoṇivagga

    17. With Jānussoṇi

  3. an10.175:0.3

    Parikkamanasutta

    The Bypass

  4. an10.175:1.1

    “Saparikkamano ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano.

    “Mendicants, this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.

  5. an10.175:1.2

    Kathañca, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano?

    And how does this teaching provide a bypass, not lacking a bypass?

  6. an10.175:1.3

    Pāṇātipātissa, bhikkhave, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Not killing living creatures bypasses killing living creatures.

  7. an10.175:1.4

    Adinnādāyissa, bhikkhave, adinnādānā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Not stealing bypasses stealing.

  8. an10.175:1.5

    Kāmesumicchācārissa, bhikkhave, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Refraining from sexual misconduct bypasses sexual misconduct.

  9. an10.175:1.6

    Musāvādissa, bhikkhave, musāvādā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Not lying bypasses lying.

  10. an10.175:1.7

    Pisuṇavācassa, bhikkhave, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Refraining from divisive speech bypasses divisive speech.

  11. an10.175:1.8

    Pharusavācassa, bhikkhave, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Refraining from harsh speech bypasses harsh speech.

  12. an10.175:1.9

    Samphappalāpissa, bhikkhave, samphappalāpā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Refraining from talking nonsense bypasses talking nonsense.

  13. an10.175:1.10

    Abhijjhālussa, bhikkhave, anabhijjhā parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Contentment bypasses covetousness.

  14. an10.175:1.11

    Byāpannacittassa, bhikkhave, abyāpādo parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Good will bypasses ill will.

  15. an10.175:1.12

    Micchādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi parikkamanaṁ hoti.

    Right view bypasses wrong view.

  16. an10.175:1.13

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

    That’s how this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.”

  17. an10.175:1.14

    Navamaṁ.

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