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# Kevattasutta 8.3

Kevaṭṭasutta 8.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.8.3)

‘evaṃ vitakketha, mā evaṃ vitakkayittha, evaṃ manasikarotha, mā evaṃ manasākattha, idaṃ pajahatha, idaṃ upasampajja viharathā’ti.

> ‘Think like this, not like that. Focus your mind like this, not like that. Give up this, and live having achieved that.’  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Kevaddhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~sr-brankokovacevic.8.3) — sr
- [With Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-sujato.8.3) — English
- [Mit Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~de-sabbamitta.8.3) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.24.18) — Classical Chinese

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