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संयुत्त निकाय ४५।२६

Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.26

The Related Suttas Collection 45.26

३। मिच्छत्तवग्ग

3. Micchattavagga

3. The Wrong Way

दुतियअसप्पुरिससुत्त

Dutiyaasappurisasutta

A Good Person (2nd)

सावत्थिनिदानं।

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“असप्पुरिसञ्च वो, भिक्खवे, देसेस्सामि, असप्पुरिसेन असप्पुरिसतरञ्च। सप्पुरिसञ्च वो, भिक्खवे, देसेस्सामि सप्पुरिसेन सप्पुरिसतरञ्च। तं सुणाथ।

“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca. Sappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha.

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you a bad person and a worse person, a good person and a better person. Listen …

कतमो च, भिक्खवे, असप्पुरिसो? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो मिच्छादिट्ठिको होति …पे… मिच्छासमाधि—अयं वुच्चति, भिक्खवे, असप्पुरिसो।

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāsamādhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is a bad person? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong samādhi. This is called a bad person.

कतमो च, भिक्खवे, असप्पुरिसेन असप्पुरिसतरो? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो मिच्छादिट्ठिको होति …पे… मिच्छासमाधि, मिच्छाञाणी, मिच्छाविमुत्ति—अयं वुच्चति, भिक्खवे, असप्पुरिसेन असप्पुरिसतरो।

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāsamādhi, micchāñāṇī, micchāvimutti—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

And what is a worse person? 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. This is called a worse person.

कतमो च, भिक्खवे, सप्पुरिसो? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो सम्मादिट्ठिको होति …पे… सम्मासमाधि—अयं वुच्चति, भिक्खवे, सप्पुरिसो।

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāsamādhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is a good person? It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi. This is called a good person.

कतमो च, भिक्खवे, सप्पुरिसेन सप्पुरिसतरो? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो सम्मादिट्ठिको होति …पे… सम्मासमाधि, सम्माञाणी, सम्माविमुत्ति—अयं वुच्चति, भिक्खवे, सप्पुरिसेन सप्पुरिसतरो”ति।

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇī, sammāvimutti—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.

And what is a better person? 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. This is called a better person.”

छट्ठं।

Chaṭṭhaṁ.





The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]


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