The Dark Path

Kaṇhamaggasutta

The Dark Path

Kaṇhamaggasutta

EN
“I will teach you the dark path and the bright path. … And what is the dark path? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.
PL
“Kaṇhamaggañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukkamaggañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, kaṇhamaggo? Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti—
EN
This is called the dark path. And what is the bright path? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. This is called the bright path.”
PL
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kaṇhamaggo. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukkamaggo? Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukkamaggo”ti.
PL
Dutiyaṁ.

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

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