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Bad Character (2nd)

Dutiyapāpadhammasutta

It’s good to practice the tenfold path and to encourage others.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.208Numbered Discourses 4.208
  • 0.221. Sappurisavagga21. A True Person

0.3DutiyapāpadhammasuttaBad Character (2nd)

1.1“Pāpañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpena pāpatarañca;“Mendicants, I will teach you who’s bad and who’s worse,1.2kalyāṇañca, kalyāṇena kalyāṇatarañca.who’s good and who’s better.1.3Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

2.1“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpo?And who’s bad?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, pāpo.This is called bad.

3.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro?And who’s worse?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, pāpena pāpataro.This is called worse.

4.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo?And who’s good?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, kalyāṇo.This is called good.

5.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro?And who’s better?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, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro”ti.This is called better.”

5.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.