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Numbered Discourses 4.208 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.208

21. A Good Person – 21. Sappurisavagga

AN 4.208 Bad Character (2nd) – Dutiyapāpadhammasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, I will teach you who’s bad and who’s worse,

“Pāpañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpena pāpatarañca;

1.2

who’s good and who’s better.

kalyāṇañca, kalyāṇena kalyāṇatarañca.

1.3

 

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

2.1

And who’s bad?

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpo?

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 bad.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpo.

3.1

And who’s worse?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro?

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 worse.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro.

4.1

And who’s good?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo?

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 good.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo.

5.1

And who’s better?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro?

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 better.”

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro”ti.

5.5

 

Aṭṭhamaṁ.