An Untrue Person (1st)

Paṭhamaasappurisasutta

An Untrue Person (1st)

Paṭhamaasappurisasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and a true person. Listen … And what is an untrue person?
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sappurisañca. Taṁ suṇātha. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso?
EN
It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. This is called an untrue person. And what is a true person? It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
PL
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, micchāsaṅkappo, micchāvāco, micchākammanto, micchāājīvo, micchāvāyāmo, micchāsati, micchāsamādhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvāco, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi—
EN
This is called a true person.”
PL
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso”ti. Pañcamaṁ.

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

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