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Dutiyaasappurisasutta

A True Person (2nd)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.

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

Sappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisena sappurisatarañca.
a true person and an even truer person.

Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …

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

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

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 micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāsamādhi, micchāñāṇī, micchāvimutti—
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, 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… sammāsamādhi—
It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

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 sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇī, sammāvimutti—
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, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.
This is called an even truer person.”

Chaṭṭhaṁ.