[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Fours](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4) › [Nagasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114) › 8.2 # Nagasutta 8.2 Nāgasutta 8.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8.2) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṃ kāmavitakkaṃ nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti hanati byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti, uppannaṃ byāpādavitakkaṃ …pe… uppannaṃ vihiṃsāvitakkaṃ …pe… uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti hanati byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. > It’s when a mendicant doesn’t tolerate a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought. They don’t tolerate any bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen, but give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them. > — A Royal Elephant - [Previous: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8.1) - [Next: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8.3) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8) ## Translations (2) - [A Royal Elephant](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114~en-sujato.8.2) — English - [Ein königlicher Elefant](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114~de-sabbamitta.8.2) — German ## Linked texts (2) - [七處三觀經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottara.saptasthanatrividhopapariksasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.129) — Classical Chinese - [Sotasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.140.10.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.114.8.2) · Pramāṇa