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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

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 2102SN 56.88Ajeḷakasutta 2103SN 56.89Kukkuṭasūkarasutta 2104SN 56.90Hatthigavassasutta 2105SN 56.91Khettavatthusutta 2106SN 56.92Kayavikkayasutta 2107SN 56.93Dūteyyasutta

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Naccagītasutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Naccagītasutta

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye naccagītavāditavisūkadassanā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye naccagītavāditavisūkadassanā appaṭiviratā. Taṁ kissa hetu …pe….

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Dancing and Singing

“… the sentient beings who refrain from seeing shows of dancing, singing, and music are few, while those who don’t refrain are many …”

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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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