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The Path with Ten Factors

Dasamaggasutta

A good person practices the tenfold 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 4.206Numbered Discourses 4.206
  • 0.221. Sappurisavagga21. A True Person

0.3DasamaggasuttaThe Path with Ten Factors

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 2.222“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?And what is an untrue person?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti.It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.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 …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti;It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.3.3attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.3.4Ayaṁ 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 …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti.It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.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 …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti;It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.5.3attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.5.4Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.This is called an even truer person.”

5.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.