an.2.34 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)
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Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,
“What does Master Gotama teach? What does he explain?”
“Brahmin, I teach action and inaction.”
“But in what way does Master Gotama teach action and inaction?”
“I teach inaction regarding bad bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of unskillful things.
I teach action regarding good bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of skillful things.
This is the kind of action and inaction that I teach.”
“Excellent, Master Gotama! … From this day forth, may Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”
Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,
“What does Master Gotama teach? What does he explain?”
“Brahmin, I teach action and inaction.”
“But in what way does Master Gotama teach action and inaction?”
“I teach inaction regarding bad bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of unskillful things.
I teach action regarding good bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of skillful things.
This is the kind of action and inaction that I teach.”
“Excellent, Master Gotama! … From this day forth, may Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”