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Linked Discourses · SN 45.26

  • Linked Discourses 45.26Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.26
  • 3. The Wrong Way3. Micchattavagga

An Untrue Person (2nd)Dutiyaasappurisasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca. a true person and an even truer person.Sappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisena sappurisatarañca. 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 …pe… micchāsamādhi— This is called an untrue person.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is an even more untrue person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro? 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… micchāsamādhi, micchāñāṇī, micchāvimutti— This is called an even more untrue person.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

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 …pe… sammāsamādhi— This is called a true person.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is an even truer person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro? 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… sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇī, sammāvimutti— This is called an even truer person.”ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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