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Numbered Discourses 5.177 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.177

18. A Lay Follower – 18. Upāsakavagga

AN 5.177 Trades – Vaṇijjāsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a lay follower should not engage in these five trades.

“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, vaṇijjā upāsakena akaraṇīyā.

1.2

What five?

Katamā pañca?

1.3

Trade in weapons, living creatures, meat, intoxicants, and poisons.

Satthavaṇijjā, sattavaṇijjā, maṁsavaṇijjā, majjavaṇijjā, visavaṇijjā—

1.4

A lay follower should not engage in these five trades.”

imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca vaṇijjā upāsakena akaraṇīyā”ti.

1.5

 

Sattamaṁ.