DiscoverANAN 10AN 10.184

The Buddha teaches on blameworthy, presenting a tenfold teaching for disciples on the path.

PTS 5.276

AN 10.184 Blameworthy

“Sāvajjañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi anavajjañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, sāvajjo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sāvajjo dhammo.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, anavajjo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… sammādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anavajjo dhammo”ti.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Sāvajjañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi anavajjañca.

“I will teach you the blameworthy principle and the blameless. …

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

katamo ca, bhikkhave, sāvajjo dhammo?

And what is the blameworthy principle?

Pāṇātipāto …pe…

Killing living creatures …

micchādiṭṭhi—

wrong view.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sāvajjo dhammo.

This is called the blameworthy principle.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, anavajjo dhammo?

And what is the blameless principle?

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…

Not killing living creatures …

sammādiṭṭhi—

right view.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anavajjo dhammo”ti.

This is called the blameless principle.”

Qualities:

Right view

Right view

☀️ bright quality

View that is in line with the Dhamma — teachings of the Buddha that point to the nature of reality, the ultimate truth.

Also known as: right understanding, right belief, view that is inline with the Dhamma
Pāli: sammādiṭṭhi
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Slaughtering

Slaughtering

☁️ dark quality

The deliberate killing of a living being, carried out with the intention of ending its life while disregarding its natural drive to continue living.

Also known as: killing, murdering, taking life
Pāli: pāṇātipāta
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Unwholesome

Unwholesome

☁️ dark quality

Conducive to or suggestive of poor health and mental well-being.

Also known as: blameworthy, unhealthy, unskillful, unbeneficial, karmically unprofitable
Pāli: akusala
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Wholesome

Wholesome

☀️ bright quality

Conducive to or suggestive of good health and mental well-being.

Also known as: blameless, skillful, beneficial, good, useful, healthy, nourishing, sustaining
Pāli: kusala
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Wrong view

Wrong view

☁️ dark quality

A distorted understanding that sees permanence in the impermanent, satisfaction in the unsatisfactory, or self in the not-self. Wrong view guides action by delusion, obscuring cause and effect, and closes the door to wisdom and release.

Also known as: distorted or inverted perception, untrue view, false belief
Pāli: micchādiṭṭhi
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