The Related Suttas Collection 45.23

3. The Wrong Way

Practice (1st)

At Sāvatthī.

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice. Listen …

And what’s the wrong practice? It is wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong samādhi. This is called the wrong practice.

And what’s the right practice? It is right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi. This is called the right practice.”