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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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1 Atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ … pe … ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "kiṃvādī bhavaṃ gotamo kimakkhāyī"ti?

"Kiriyavādī cāhaṃ, brāhmaṇa, akiriyavādī cā"ti.

"Yathākathaṃ pana bhavaṃ gotamo kiriyavādī ca akiriyavādī cā"ti?

2 "Akiriyaṃ kho ahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, vadāmi kāyaduccaritassa vacīduccaritassa manoduccaritassa, anekavihitānaṃ pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ akiriyaṃ vadāmi. Kiriyañca kho ahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, vadāmi kāyasucaritassa vacīsucaritassa manosucaritassa, anekavihitānaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ kiriyaṃ vadāmi. Evaṃ kho ahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, kiriyavādī ca akiriyavādī cā"ti.

3 "Abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.