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Practice (1st)

Paṭhamapaṭipattisutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.31Linked Discourses 45.31
  • 0.24. Paṭipattivagga4. Practice

0.3PaṭhamapaṭipattisuttaPractice (1st)

1.1PTS 5.23Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Micchāpaṭipattiñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipattiñca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipatti?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, micchāpaṭipatti.This is called the wrong practice.

1.7Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipatti?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, sammāpaṭipattī”ti.This is called the right practice.”

1.10Paṭhamaṁ.