Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saɱyutta
3. Micchatta Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path
3: Wrongness
Sutta 24
Dutiya Paṭipadā Suttaɱ
The Way (2)
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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"Bhikkhus, whether for a layperson or one gone forth, I do not praise the wrong way.
Whether it is a layperson or one gone forth who is practising wrongly, because of undertaking the wrong way of practice he does not attain the method, the Dhamma that is wholesome.
And what, bhikkhus, is the wrong way?
It is: wrong view ... wrong concentration.
This is called the wrong way.
Whether it is a layperson or one gone forth who is practising wrongly, because of undertaking the wrong way of practice he does not attain the method, the Dhamma that is wholesome.
"Bhikkhus, whether for a layperson or one gone forth, I praise the right way.
Whether it is a layperson or one gone forth who is practising rightly, because of undertaking the right way of practice he attains the method, the Dhamma that is wholesome.
And what, bhikkhus, is the right way?
It is: right view ... right concentration.
This is called the right way.
Whether it is a layperson or one gone forth who is practising rightly, because of undertaking the right way of practice he attains the method, the Dhamma that is wholesome."
