Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
SN 45.32PTS SN 5.231 min read

Practice (2nd)

Dutiyapaṭipattisutta

Practicing the wrong eightfold path is wrong; practicing the right awakening path is right.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.32Linked Discourses 45.32
  • 0.24. Paṭipattivagga4. Practice

0.3DutiyapaṭipattisuttaPractice (2nd)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Micchāpaṭipannañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipannañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you one practicing wrongly and one practicing rightly.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipanno?And who is practicing wrongly?1.5Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… 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, micchāpaṭipanno.This is called one practicing wrongly.

1.7Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipanno?And who is practicing rightly?1.8Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāsamādhi—It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.1.9ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipanno”ti.This is called one practicing rightly.”

1.10Dutiyaṁ.