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Linked Discourses 45.25 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.25

3. The Wrong Way – 3. Micchattavagga

SN 45.25 A Good Person (1st) – Paṭhamaasappurisasutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Bhikkhū, I will teach you a bad person and a good person.

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sappurisañca.

Listen …

Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is a bad person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?

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

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo, micchāvāco, micchākammanto, micchāājīvo, micchāvāyāmo, micchāsati, micchāsamādhi—

This is called a bad person.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is a good person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?

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

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvāco, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi—

This is called a good person.”

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso”ti.