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Linked Discourses 45.26 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.26

3. The Wrong Way – 3. Micchattavagga

SN 45.26 A Good Person (2nd) – Dutiyaasappurisasutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

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

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca.

a good person and a better person.

Sappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisena sappurisatarañca.

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 …pe… micchāsamādhi—

This is called a bad person.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is a worse person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?

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… micchāsamādhi, micchāñāṇī, micchāvimutti—

This is called a worse person.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

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 …pe… sammāsamādhi—

This is called a good person.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is a better person?

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?

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… sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇī, sammāvimutti—

This is called a better person.”

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.