{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.178/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.178","id":"suttacentral_an10.178","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.178/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you what is good and what is not good. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd what, mendicants, is not good? Killing living creatures, stealing, and sexual misconduct; speech that\u2019s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical; covetousness, ill will, and wrong view. This is called what is not good. And what is good? Refraining from killing living creatures, stealing, and sexual misconduct; refraining from speech that\u2019s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical; contentment, good will, and right view. This is called what is good.\u201d","title":"Good","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":97}