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The Teaching of the True Persons

Sappurisadhammasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.148Numbered Discourses 10.148
  • 0.215. Ariyavagga15. The Noble Path

0.3SappurisadhammasuttaThe Teaching of the True Persons

1.1“Sappurisadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi asappurisadhammañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the teaching of the true persons and the teaching of the untrue persons. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisadhammo?And what is the teaching of the untrue persons?1.4Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti—Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.1.5ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisadhammo.This is the teaching of the untrue persons.1.6Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisadhammo?And what is the teaching of the true persons?1.7Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti—Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.1.8ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisadhammo”ti.This is the teaching of the true persons.”

1.9Catutthaṁ.