Abhasita Sutta: What Was Not Said

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Anguttara Nikaya
Twos

AN 2.23

PTS: A i 59

II,iii,3

Abhasita Sutta: What Was Not Said

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

1997–2014

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

"Monks, these two slander the Tathagata. Which two? He who explains what was not said or spoken by the Tathagata as said or spoken by the Tathagata. And he who explains what was said or spoken by the Tathagata as not said or spoken by the Tathagata. These are two who slander the Tathagata."

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