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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

2084SN 56.70Pacāyikasutta 2085SN 56.71Pāṇātipātasutta 2086SN 56.72Adinnādānasutta 2087SN 56.73Kāmesumicchācārasutta 2088SN 56.74Musāvādasutta 2089SN 56.75Pesuññasutta 2090SN 56.76Pharusavācāsutta 2091SN 56.77Samphappalāpasutta 2092SN 56.78Bījagāmasutta 2093SN 56.79Vikālabhojanasutta 2094SN 56.80Gandhavilepanasutta 2095SN 56.81Naccagītasutta 2096SN 56.82Uccāsayanasutta 2097SN 56.83Jātarūparajatasutta 2098SN 56.84Āmakadhaññasutta 2099SN 56.85Āmakamaṁsasutta 2100SN 56.86Kumārikasutta 2101SN 56.87Dāsidāsasutta

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Sutta PiṭakaSN 56.75

Sutta Piṭaka

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Pesuññasutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Pesuññasutta

… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pisuṇāya vācāya paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pisuṇāya vācāya appaṭiviratā …pe….

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Backbiting

“… the sentient beings who refrain from backbiting are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

SN 56.75English

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Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Original · Pāli

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Sutta Piṭaka, tr. Bhikkhu SujatoTranslation · English · Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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