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3.6.1 Vibhaṅgasuttaṃ, Part Six

What Is Right Livelihood?

Vibhaṅgasuttaṃ, Part Six What Is Right Livelihood?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammā-ājīvo?

And what, Bhikkhus, is Right Livelihood?

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako

micchā- ājīvaṃ pahāya

sammā-ājīvena jīvitaṃ kappeti–

Here, Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple

having given up wrong ways of livelihood

earns his livelihood by right means.

Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammā-ājīvo. …

This, Bhikkhus, is called Right Livelihood. …

Avijjāvaggo, Maggasaṃyuttaṃ, Mahāvaggo, Saṃyuttanikāyo

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