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# Sakka’s Questions 2.4.20

Sakkapañhasutta 2.4.20

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.20)

Tattha yaṃ jaññā vacīsamācāraṃ ‘imaṃ kho me vacīsamācāraṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpo vacīsamācāro sevitabbo.

> Whereas, should you know of a kind of verbal behavior that it causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow, you should cultivate it.  
> — Sakka’s Questions

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## Translations (3)

- [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.4.20) — sr
- [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.4.20) — German
- [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.4.20) — English

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.57) — Classical Chinese
- [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.36) — Classical Chinese
- [Nettippakaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.nettippakarana) — Mahākaccāna, Pāli

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