{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an2.19/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an2.19","id":"suttacentral_an2.19","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.19/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, give up the unskillful. It is possible to give up the unskillful. If it wasn\u2019t possible, I wouldn\u2019t say: \u2018Give up the unskillful.\u2019 But it is possible, and so I say: \u2018Give up the unskillful.\u2019 And if giving up the unskillful led to harm and suffering, I would not say: \u2018Give up the unskillful.\u2019 But giving up the unskillful leads to welfare and happiness, so I say: \u2018Give up the unskillful.\u2019 Mendicants, develop the skillful. It is possible to develop the skillful. If it wasn\u2019t possible, I wouldn\u2019t say: \u2018Develop the skillful.\u2019 But it is possible, and so I say: \u2018Develop the skillful.\u2019 If developing the skillful led to harm and suffering I wouldn\u2019t say: \u2018Develop the skillful.\u2019 But developing the skillful leads to welfare and happiness, so I say: \u2018Develop the skillful.\u2019\u201d","title":"19","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":134}