Aṇguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
VII. Bhūmi-Cāla Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
VIII. The Book of the Eights
Chapter VII: On Earthquakes
Sutta 67
Anariya-Vohāra Suttaṃ
Un-Ariyan Practices
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, there are these eight un-Ariyan practices.[1]
What eight?
Declaring as seen what has not been seen;
declaring as heard what has not been heard;
declaring as felt what has not been felt;
declaring as understood what has not been understood;
declaring as not seen what has been seen;
declaring as not heard what has been heard;
declaring as not felt what has been felt;
declaring as not understood what has been understood.
Monks, these are the eight un-Ariyan practices."
[1] See A. ii, 246; D. iii, 232; cf. M. iii, 29; Vin. iv, 2.
