Unskillful QualitiesAkusaladhammasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you skillful and unskillful qualities.“Akusale ca kho, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi, kusale ca dhamme. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what are unskillful qualities?Katame ca, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā? They are wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi. These are called unskillful qualities.Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā.

And what are skillful qualities?Katame ca, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā? They are right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. These are called skillful qualities.”Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā”ti.