An Untrue Person (1st)Paṭhamaasappurisasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and a true person.“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sappurisañca. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is an untrue person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo, micchāvāco, micchākammanto, micchāājīvo, micchāvāyāmo, micchāsati, micchāsamādhi— This is called an untrue person.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is a true person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvāco, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi— This is called a true person.”ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso”ti.