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Unskillful Qualities

Akusaladhammasutta

The factors of the wrong eightfold path are unskillful qualities; those of the right eightfold path are skillful qualities.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.22Linked Discourses 45.22
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3AkusaladhammasuttaUnskillful Qualities

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Akusale ca kho, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi, kusale ca dhamme.“Mendicants, I will teach you skillful and unskillful qualities.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katame ca, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā?And what are unskillful qualities?1.5Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi.They are wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.1.6Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā.These are called unskillful qualities.

1.7Katame ca, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā?And what are skillful qualities?1.8Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.They are right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.1.9Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā”ti.These are called skillful qualities.”

1.10Dutiyaṁ.