Unskillful Qualities

Akusaladhammasutta

Unskillful Qualities

Akusaladhammasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you skillful and unskillful qualities. Listen … And what are unskillful qualities?
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Akusale ca kho, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi, kusale ca dhamme. Taṁ suṇātha. Katame ca, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā?
EN
They are wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. These are called unskillful qualities. And what are skillful qualities? They are right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
PL
Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi. Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, akusalā dhammā. Katame ca, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
EN
These are called skillful qualities.”
PL
Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā”ti. Dutiyaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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