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Itivuttaka 39.2

Itivuttaka 39.2

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Pāli

39.2.1

“Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, arahato sammāsambuddhassa dve dhammadesanā pariyāyena bhavanti.

“Mendicants, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has two approaches to teaching Dhamma.

So It Was Said

39.2.2

Katamā dve?

What two?

So It Was Said

39.2.3

‘Pāpaṃ pāpakato passathā’ti—

‘See evil as evil’—

So It Was Said

39.2.4

ayaṃ paṭhamā dhammadesanā;

this is the first approach to teaching Dhamma.

So It Was Said

39.2.5

‘pāpaṃ pāpakato disvā tattha nibbindatha virajjatha vimuccathā’ti—

‘Having seen evil as evil, be disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed from it’—

So It Was Said

39.2.6

ayaṃ dutiyā dhammadesanā.

this is the second approach to teaching Dhamma.

So It Was Said

39.2.7

Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, arahato sammāsambuddhassa imā dve dhammadesanā pariyāyena bhavantī”ti.

The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has these two approaches to teaching Dhamma.”

So It Was Said

39.2.8

Etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

So It Was Said

39.2.9

Tatthetaṃ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

So It Was Said

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