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# Balapanditasutta 35.7

Bālapaṇḍitasutta 35.7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.35.7)

‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṃ nādātabbaṃ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṃ na pātabbaṃ, yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.

> ‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’  
> — The Foolish and the Astute

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## Translations (4)

- [Der Tor und der Kluge](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~de-sabbamitta.35.7) — German
- [The Foolish and the Astute](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~en-sujato.35.7) — English
- [Il discorso sullo stolto e l’astuto](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~it-giovannizappa.35.7) — Italian
- [Глупцы и мудрецы](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~ru-sv.35.7) — Russian

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.199.53) — Classical Chinese
- [Mahāsudassanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.4) — Pāli
- [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.7) — Pāli

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