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Numbered Discourses 4.206 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.206

21. A Good Person – 21. Sappurisavagga

AN 4.206 The Path with Ten Factors – Dasamaggasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, I will teach you a bad person and a worse person,

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;

1.2

a good person and a better person.

sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….

2.1

And what is a bad person?

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?

2.2

It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong samādhi, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti.

2.3

This is called a bad person.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

3.1

And what is a worse person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?

3.2

It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong samādhi, 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;

3.3

 

attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

3.4

This is called a worse person.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

4.1

And what is a good person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?

4.2

It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right samādhi, right knowledge, and right freedom.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti.

4.3

This is called a good person.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

5.1

And what is a better person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?

5.2

It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right samādhi, 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;

5.3

 

attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

5.4

This is called a better person.”

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.

5.5

 

Chaṭṭhaṁ.