Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XI: Ideas of a Recluse
Sutta 103
Micchatta Suttaṃ
Wrongness
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1][than][olds] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One said this:
"Because of wrongness, monks, there is failure,[1]
not making good.
How so?
From wrong view proceeds wrong thinking.
From wrong wrong thinking proceeds wrong speech.
[212]From wrong speech proceeds wrong action.
From wrong action proceeds wrong living.
From wrong living proceeds wrong effort.
From wrong effort proceeds wrong mindfulness.
From wrong mindfulness proceeds wrong concentration.
From wrong concentration proceeds wrong knowledge.
From wrong knowledge proceeds wrong release.
Thus, monks, because of wrongness there is failure, not making good.
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But because of rightness there is making good,
not failure.
How so?
From right view proceeds right thinking.
From right wrong thinking, right speech.
From right speech proceeds right action.
From right action proceeds right living.
From right living proceeds right effort.
From right effort proceeds right mindfulness.
From right mindfulness proceeds right concentration.
From right concentration proceeds right knowledge.
From right knowledge proceeds right release.
Thus, monks, because of rightness there is making good, not failure."
[1] Virādhanā. Comy. soggato maggato ca virajjhanaṃ; cf. D. ii, 287, kathaṃ ārādhanā hoti, kathaṃ hoti viraāhanā? where Comy. expl. as sampādanā and asampādanā.
