Bad Character (2nd)Dutiyapāpadhammasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you who’s bad and who’s worse,“Pāpañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpena pāpatarañca; who’s good and who’s better.kalyāṇañca, kalyāṇena kalyāṇatarañca.

And who’s bad?“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpo? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti. This is called bad.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpo.

And who’s worse?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti; This is called worse.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro.

And who’s good?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo? It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti. This is called good.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo.

And who’s better?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro? It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti; This is called better.”Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro”ti.