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Anguttara Nikaya II.19: Kusala Sutta. Skillful. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Wings to Awakening: Part I: Basic Principles A. Skillfulness
PTS: Gradual Sayings I, Book of the Twos, Woodward, trans. pp53
Long Dialogs of the Buddha, #33: The Recital (Sangiti Sutta) 2s #2.8..., TW and CAF Rhys Davids trans.
| Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward | Warren |
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| skillful | skill | wholesome | wholesome | wholesome | proficiency | proficiency | skillfulness | skill | the good |
'Monks, do ye abandon evil. It can be done. It it were impossible to abandon evil I would not bid you do so. But since it can be done, therefore I say unto you, "Abandon evil, monks."
If this abandoning of evil conduced to loss and sorrow, I would not say "Abandon evil." But since it conduces to profit and happiness, therefore do I say unto you, "Monks, do ye abandon evil."
PTS: Gradual Sayings I, Book of the Twos, Woodward, trans. pp53
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ATI Glossary: Kusala: Wholesome, skillful, good, meritorious. An action characterized by this moral quality (kusala-kamma) is bound to result (eventually) in happiness and a favorable outcome. Actions characterized by its opposite (akusala-kamma) lead to sorrow.
Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):
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Kusala: 1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious M I.226;... Esp. appl. in moral sense (=pu¾¾a), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to p¤pa...With kamma = a meritorious action... ¤c¤ra-k- good in conduct...; parappav¤da- skilled in disputation...; magga- (and opp. amagga-) one who is an expert as regards the Path (lit. and fig.) S III.108; sam¤patti-, etc. A V.156 sq.; s¤littaka-payoge k- skilled in the art of throwing pot-sherds... 2. (nt.) a good thing, good deeds, virtue, merit, good consciousness..."he makes this world shine, who covers an evil deed with a good one" M II.104...- In special sense as ten kusal¤ni equivalent to the dasas¨laµ (cp. s¨la) M I.47; A V.241, 274. All good qualities (dhamm¤) which constitute right and meritorious conduct are comprised in the phrase kusala-dhamm¤ |
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