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Dasamaggasutta

The Path with Ten Factors

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca;
“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,

sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….
a true person and an even truer person.

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?
And what is an untrue person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti.
It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.
This is called an untrue person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro?
And what is an even more untrue person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti;
It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.
This is called an even more untrue person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso?
And what is a true person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti.
It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.
This is called a true person.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro?
And what is an even truer person?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti;
It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.
This is called an even truer person.”

Chaṭṭhaṁ.