Practice

Paṭipadāsutta

Practice

Paṭipadāsutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” they replied.
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati …pe… “micchāpaṭipadañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sammāpaṭipadañca. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
EN
The Buddha said this: “And what’s the wrong practice? Ignorance is a requirement for choices. Choices are a requirement for consciousness. …
PL
Bhagavā etadavoca: “Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā? Avijjāpaccayā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…
EN
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. This is called the wrong practice. And what’s the right practice? When ignorance fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, choices cease.
PL
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipadā. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā? Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;
EN
When choices cease, consciousness ceases. … That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. This is called the right practice.”
PL
saṅkhāranirodhā viññāṇanirodho …pe… evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipadā”ti. Tatiyaṁ.

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

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