Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.24
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 45.24
3. Micchattavagga
3. The Wrong Way
Dutiyapaṭipadāsutta
Practice (2nd)
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi.
“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for laypeople or renunciates.
Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.
Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.
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.
Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā micchāpaṭipadaṁ na vaṇṇemi.
I don’t praise wrong practice for lay people or renunciates.
Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu nārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.
Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.
Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi.
I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.
Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.
Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.
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.
This is called the right practice.
Gihino vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbajitassa vā sammāpaṭipadaṁ vaṇṇemi.
I praise right practice for laypeople and renunciates.
Gihi vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalan”ti.
Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in the system of the skillful teaching.”
Catutthaṁ.