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SN 45.23PTS SN 5.181 min read

Practice (1st)

Paṭhamapaṭipadāsutta

The wrong eightfold path is the wrong way; the right eightfold path is the right way.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.23Linked Discourses 45.23
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3PaṭhamapaṭipadāsuttaPractice (1st)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Micchāpaṭipadañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipadañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice.11.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā?And what’s the wrong practice?1.5Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi.It is wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.1.6Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā.This is called the wrong practice.

1.7Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā?And what’s the right practice?1.8Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.1.9Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā”ti.This is called the right practice.”

1.10Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Applied to dependent origination at SN 12.3.

    ↩ sn45.23:1.2