Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.23

Translators: sujato

Linked Discourses 45.23

3. Micchattavagga
3. The Wrong Way

Paṭhamapaṭipadāsutta

Practice (1st)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.

“Micchāpaṭipadañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipadañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice.

Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā?
And what’s the wrong practice?

Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi.
It is wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā.
This is called the wrong practice.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā?
And what’s the right practice?

Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
It is right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā”ti.
This is called the right practice.”

Tatiyaṁ.