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#### Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXI: Sappurisa Vagga

#### The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter XXI: The Worthy Man

#### Sutta 205

#### Pañcama Sappurisa Suttaṁ

# The Eightfold Way

Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.

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[232]

[1] Thus have I heard:

On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, I will teach you the unworthy man
and the still more unworthy man.

I will teach you the worthy man
and the still more worthy man.

Do ye listen to it carefully.

Apply your minds and I will speak."

'Yes, lord,'
replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said this:

'And of what sort, monks, is the unworthy man?

Herein, monks, a certain one has wrong view,
wrong aim,
wrong speech,
wrong action,
wrong livelihood,
wrong effort,
wrong mindfulness
wrong concentration.'

This one is called
"the unworthy man."

■

And of what sort, monks, is the still more unworthy man?

Herein a certain person
himself is one who has wrong view,
and further encourages another have wrong view;

himself is one has wrong aim,
and further encourages another to have wrong aim;

himself is one has wrong speech,
and further encourages another to have wrong speech;

himself is one has wrong action,
and further encourages another to have wrong action;

himself is one has wrong livelihood,
and further encourages another to have wrong livelihood;

himself is one has wrong effort,
and further encourages another to have wrong effort;

himself is one has wrong mindfulness,
and further encourages another to have wrong mindfulness;

himself is one has wrong concentration,
and further encourages another to have wrong concentration.'

This one is called
"the still more unworthy man."

■

And of what sort, monks, is the worthy man?

Herein, monks, a certain one has right view,
right aim,
right speech,
right action,
right livelihood,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration.'

This one is called
"the worthy man."

■

And of what sort, monks, is the still more worthy man?

Herein a certain person
himself is one who has right view,
and further encourages another have right view;

himself is one has right aim,
and further encourages another to have right aim;

himself is one has right speech,
and further encourages another to have right speech;

himself is one has right action,
and further encourages another to have right action;

himself is one has right livelihood,
and further encourages another to have right livelihood;

himself is one has right effort,
and further encourages another to have right effort;

himself is one has right mindfulness,
and further encourages another to have right mindfulness;

himself is one has right concentration,
and further encourages another to have right concentration.'

This one is called
"the still more worthy man." '

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