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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

XVII. With Jāṇussoṇī — AN 10.175: The Bypass

1“Mendicants, this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass. And how does this teaching provide a bypass, not lacking a bypass?

Not killing living creatures bypasses killing living creatures. Not stealing bypasses stealing. Avoiding sexual misconduct bypasses sexual misconduct. Not lying bypasses lying. Avoiding divisive speech bypasses divisive speech. Avoiding harsh speech bypasses harsh speech. Avoiding talking nonsense bypasses talking nonsense. Contentment bypasses covetousness. Good will bypasses ill will. Right view bypasses wrong view.

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

1"Saparikkamano ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano. Kathañca, bhikkhave, saparikkamano ayaṁ dhammo, nāyaṁ dhammo aparikkamano?

Pāṇātipātissa, bhikkhave, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Adinnādāyissa, bhikkhave, adinnādānā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Kāmesumicchācārissa, bhikkhave, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Musāvādissa, bhikkhave, musāvādā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Pisuṇavācassa, bhikkhave, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Pharusavācassa, bhikkhave, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Samphappalāpissa, bhikkhave, samphappalāpā veramaṇī parikkamanaṁ hoti. Abhijjhālussa, bhikkhave, anabhijjhā parikkamanaṁ hoti. Byāpannacittassa, bhikkhave, abyāpādo parikkamanaṁ hoti. Micchādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi parikkamanaṁ hoti.

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

Navamaṁ.