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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.210 Numbered Discourses 4.210

21. Sappurisavagga 21. A True Person

Catutthapāpadhammasutta Bad Character (4th)

ā€œPāpadhammaƱca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataraƱca; ā€œMendicants, I will teach you bad character and worse character,

kalyāṇadhammaƱca, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataraƱca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe…. good character and better character.

ā€œKatamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo? And who has bad character?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiį¹­į¹­hiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti. It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo. This is called bad character.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro? And who has worse character?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiį¹­į¹­hiko hoti, paraƱca micchādiį¹­į¹­hiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, paraƱca micchāñāṇe samādapeti; It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, paraƱca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro. This is called worse character.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo? And who has good character?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiį¹­į¹­hiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti. It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo. This is called good character.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataro? And who has better character?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiį¹­į¹­hiko hoti, paraƱca sammādiį¹­į¹­hiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, paraƱca sammāñāṇe samādapeti; It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.

attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, paraƱca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataroā€ti. This is called better character.ā€

Dasamaṁ.

Sappurisavaggo paį¹­hamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sikkhāpadañca assaddhaṁ,

Sattakammaṁ atho ca dasakammaṁ;

Aį¹­į¹­haį¹…gikaƱca dasamaggaṁ,

Dve pāpadhammā apare dveti.
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