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Eightfold

Aṭṭhaṅgikasutta

A good person practices the eightfold path for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.205Numbered Discourses 4.205
  • 0.221. Sappurisavagga21. A True Person

0.3AṭṭhaṅgikasuttaEightfold

1.1“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,1.2sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….a true person and an even truer person.

2.1PTS 2.221“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?And what is an untrue person?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo hoti, micchāvāco hoti, micchākammanto hoti, micchāājīvo hoti, micchāvāyāmo hoti, micchāsati hoti, micchāsamādhi hoti.It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.This is called an untrue person.

3.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?And what is an even more untrue person?3.2Idha bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti;It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. And they encourage others in these same qualities.3.3attanā ca micchāsaṅkappo hoti, parañca micchāsaṅkappe samādapeti;3.4attanā ca micchāvāco hoti, parañca micchāvācāya samādapeti;3.5attanā ca micchākammanto hoti, parañca micchākammante samādapeti;3.6attanā ca micchāājīvo hoti, parañca micchāājīve samādapeti;3.7attanā ca micchāvāyāmo hoti, parañca micchāvāyāme samādapeti;3.8attanā ca micchāsati hoti, parañca micchāsatiyā samādapeti;3.9attanā ca micchāsamādhi hoti, parañca micchāsamādhimhi samādapeti.3.10Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.This is called an even more untrue person.

4.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?And what is a true person?4.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti.It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.4.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.This is called a true person.

5.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?And what is an even truer person?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti;It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. And they encourage others in these same qualities.5.3attanā ca sammāsaṅkappo hoti, parañca sammāsaṅkappe samādapeti;5.4attanā ca sammāvāco hoti, parañca sammāvācāya samādapeti;5.5attanā ca sammākammanto hoti, parañca sammākammante samādapeti;5.6attanā ca sammāājīvo hoti, parañca sammāājīve samādapeti;5.7attanā ca sammāvāyāmo hoti, parañca sammāvāyāme samādapeti;5.8attanā ca sammāsati hoti, parañca sammāsatiyā samādapeti;5.9attanā ca sammāsamādhi hoti, parañca sammāsamādhimhi samādapeti.5.10Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.This is called an even truer person.”

5.11Pañcamaṁ.