Practice (1st)

Paṭhamapaṭipattisutta

Practice (1st)

Paṭhamapaṭipattisutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice. Listen … And what’s the wrong practice?
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Micchāpaṭipattiñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipattiñca. Taṁ suṇātha. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipatti?
EN
It is wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. This is called the wrong practice. And what’s the right practice? It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
PL
Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipatti. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipatti? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
EN
This is called the right practice.”
PL
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipattī”ti. Paṭhamaṁ.

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

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