Skillful & Unskillful Kusalâakusala Sutta (AN 2:19)
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('â', Abandon what is unskillful.â But because it is possible to abandon what is unskillful, I say to you, ),
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('â', Abandon what is unskillful.â If this abandoning of what is unskillful were conducive to harm and pain, I would not say to you, ),
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('â', Abandon what is unskillful.â But because this abandoning of what is unskillful is conducive to benefit and pleasure, I say to you, ),
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('â', Abandon what is unskillful.â "Develop what is skillful, monks. It is possible to develop what is skillful. If it were not possible to develop what is skillful, I would not say to you, ),
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('â', Develop what is skillful.â But because it is possible to develop what is skillful, I say to you, ),
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('â', Develop what is skillful.â If this development of what is skillful were conducive to harm and pain, I would not say to you, ),
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('â', Develop what is skillful.â But because this development of what is skillful is conducive to benefit and pleasure, I say to you, ),
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('â', Develop what is skillful.â" See also: SN 22:2; Iti 39 - --> - - - -