Numbered Discourses 4.208 21. A True Person Bad Character (2nd) (AN4.208)

1.1

“Pāpañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpena pāpatarañca;

“Mendicants, I will teach you who’s bad and who’s worse,

1.2

kalyāṇañca, kalyāṇena kalyāṇatarañca.

who’s good and who’s better.

1.3

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

2.1

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpo?

And who’s bad?

2.2

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti.

It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

2.3

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpo.

This is called bad.

3.1

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro?

And who’s worse?

3.2

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti;

It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, 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.

3.3

attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

3.4

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro.

This is called worse.

4.1

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo?

And who’s good?

4.2

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti.

It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

4.3

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo.

This is called good.

5.1

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro?

And who’s better?

5.2

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti;

It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, 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.

5.3

attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.

5.4

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro”ti.

This is called better.”

5.5

Aṭṭhamaṁ.