Kusalasutta
Skillful
“Kusalañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi akusalañca.
“I will teach you the skillful and the unskillful …
Taṁ suṇātha …pe…
katamañca, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ?
And what is the unskillful?
Pāṇātipāto …pe…
Killing living creatures …
micchādiṭṭhi—
wrong view.
idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, akusalaṁ.
This is called the unskillful.
Katamañca, bhikkhave, kusalaṁ?
And what is the skillful?
Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…
Not killing living creatures …
sammādiṭṭhi—
right view.
idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kusalan”ti.
This is called the skillful.”
