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An Untrue Person (1st)

Paṭhamaasappurisasutta

A bad person practices wrong eightfold path; a good person practices the right eightfold path.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.25Linked Discourses 45.25
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3PaṭhamaasappurisasuttaAn Untrue Person (1st)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sappurisañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and a true person.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?And what is an untrue person?1.5Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo, micchāvāco, micchākammanto, micchāājīvo, micchāvāyāmo, micchāsati, micchāsamādhi—It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.This is called an untrue person.

2.1PTS 5.20Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?And what is a true person?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvāco, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi—It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.2.3ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso”ti.This is called a true person.”

2.4Pañcamaṁ.