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Practice (2nd)

Dutiyapaṭipadāsutta

Regardless of whether one is a lay person or a renunciate, the Buddha praises the right way, not the wrong way. 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 45.24Linked Discourses 45.24
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3DutiyapaṭipadāsuttaPractice (2nd)

1.1PTS 5.19Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi.“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for laypeople or renunciates.11.3Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.

2.1Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā?And what’s the wrong practice?2.2Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi.It is wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā.This is called the wrong practice.2.4Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi.I don’t praise wrong practice for lay people or renunciates.2.5Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.

3.1Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi.I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.3.2Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.3.3Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā?And what’s the right practice?3.4Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.3.5Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā.This is called the right practice.3.6Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi.I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.

3.7Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalan”ti.Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.”

3.8Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. While the paths of renunciates and layfolk differ in certain details of ethics, such as right livelihood, the fundamental principles are the same for everyone.

    ↩ sn45.24:1.2