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#### Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dasaka Nipata

#### Sutta 103

#### Micchatta Suttaṁ

# Wrongness

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
Provenance, terms and conditons

[1][pts][olds] "From wrongness comes failure, not success.

And how is it, monks, that from wrongness comes failure, not success?

"In a person of wrong view, wrong resolve comes into being.

In a person of wrong resolve, wrong speech.

In a person of wrong speech, wrong action.

In a person of wrong action, wrong livelihood.

In a person of wrong livelihood, wrong effort.

In a person of wrong effort, wrong mindfulness.

In a person of wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration.

In a person of wrong concentration, wrong knowledge.

In a person of wrong knowledge, wrong release.

"This is how from wrongness comes failure, not success.

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"From rightness comes success, not failure.

And how is it, monks, that from rightness comes success, not failure?

"In a person of right view, right resolve comes into being.

In a person of right resolve, right speech.

In a person of right speech, right action.

In a person of right action, right livelihood.

In a person of right livelihood, right effort.

In a person of right effort, right mindfulness.

In a person of right mindfulness, right concentration.

In a person of right concentration, right knowledge.

In a person of right knowledge, right release.[1]

"This is how from rightness comes success, not failure."

[1]MN 117 states that the path of stream-entry has eight factors, whereas the path to arahantship has these ten.

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