Practice (2nd)Dutiyapaṭipadāsutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for laypeople or renunciates.“Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi. Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.

And what’s the wrong practice?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā? It is wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi. This is called the wrong practice.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā. I don’t praise wrong practice for lay people or renunciates.Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi. Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.

I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi. Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ. And what’s the right practice?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā? It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. This is called the right practice.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā. I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi.

Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.”Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalan”ti.