The Buddha teaches on the teaching of the noble ones, presenting a tenfold teaching for disciples on the path.
PTS 5.274“Ariyadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anariyadhammañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, anariyo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anariyo dhammo.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… sammādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyo dhammo”ti.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Ariyadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anariyadhammañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the teaching of the noble ones, and what is not the teaching of the noble ones.
Taṁ suṇātha …pe…
Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. …
katamo ca, bhikkhave, anariyo dhammo?
And what is not the teaching of the noble ones?
Pāṇātipāto …pe…
Killing living creatures …
micchādiṭṭhi—
wrong view.
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anariyo dhammo.
This is called what is not the teaching of the noble ones.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo dhammo?
And what is the teaching of the noble ones?
Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…
Not killing living creatures …
sammādiṭṭhi—
right view.
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyo dhammo”ti.
This is called the teaching of the noble ones.”
Last updated on September 14, 2026