Paṭhamapaṭipattisutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.31

Linked Discourses 45.31

4. Paṭipattivagga

4. Practice

Paṭhamapaṭipattisutta

Practice (1st)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Micchāpaṭipattiñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, sammāpaṭipattiñca.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the wrong practice and the right practice.

Taṁ suṇātha.

Listen …

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipatti?

And what’s the wrong practice?

Seyyathidaṁ—micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhi.

It is wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipatti.

This is called the wrong practice.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipatti?

And what’s the right practice?

Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipattī”ti.

This is called the right practice.”

Paṭhamaṁ.