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Missed Out

Viraddhasutta

Neglecting the eightfold path you neglect the path to the end of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.33Linked Discourses 45.33
  • 0.24. Paṭipattivagga4. Practice

0.3ViraddhasuttaMissed Out

1.1PTS 5.24Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yesaṁ kesañci, bhikkhave, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo viraddho, viraddho tesaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo sammā dukkhakkhayagāmī.“Mendicants, whoever has missed out on the noble eightfold path has missed out on the noble path to the complete ending of suffering.11.3Yesaṁ kesañci, bhikkhave, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo āraddho, āraddho tesaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo sammā dukkhakkhayagāmī.Whoever has undertaken the noble eightfold path has undertaken the noble path to the complete ending of suffering.

1.4Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?And what is the noble eightfold path?1.5Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

1.6Yesaṁ kesañci, bhikkhave, ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo viraddho, viraddho tesaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo sammā dukkhakkhayagāmī.Whoever has missed out on the noble eightfold path has missed out on the noble path to the complete ending of suffering.1.7Yesaṁ kesañci, bhikkhave, ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo āraddho, āraddho tesaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo sammā dukkhakkhayagāmī”ti.Whoever has undertaken the noble eightfold path has undertaken the noble path to the complete ending of suffering.”

1.8Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The Pali qualifies the noble path as “eightfold” both times. I follow Bodhi’s suggestion (note 28 in Connected Discourses) to omit the second, in line with similar passages at SN 46.18:1.1, SN 47.33:1.1], [SN 51.2:1.1], AND [SN 52.1:1.4.

    ↩ sn45.33:1.2