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Aṭṭhaṅgikasuttaṃ [AN 4.205, PTS 2.221]

5.

The Discourse on the Eightfold

205.More Details "I will teach you, monks, the bad person and one worse than a bad person; the good person and one better than a good person. Listen to that, etc.

"And what, monks, is a bad person? Here, monks, a certain one holds wrong view, holds wrong thought, holds wrong speech, holds wrong action, holds wrong livelihood, holds wrong effort, holds wrong mindfulness, holds wrong concentration. This is called, monks, a bad person.

"And what, monks, is one worse than a bad person? Here, monks, a certain one himself holds wrong view, and instigates others in wrong view; he himself holds wrong thought, and instigates others in wrong thought; he himself holds wrong speech, and instigates others in wrong speech; he himself holds wrong action, and instigates others in wrong action; he himself holds wrong livelihood, and instigates others in wrong livelihood; he himself holds wrong effort, and instigates others in wrong effort; he himself holds wrong mindfulness, and instigates others in wrong mindfulness; he himself holds wrong concentration, and instigates others in wrong concentration. This is called, monks, one worse than a bad person.

"And what, monks, is a good person? Here, monks, a certain one holds right view, holds right thought, holds right speech, holds right action, holds right livelihood, holds right effort, holds right mindfulness, holds right concentration. This is called, monks, a good person.

"And what, monks, is one better than a good person? Here, monks, a certain one himself holds right view, and instigates others in right view; he himself holds right thought, and instigates others in right thought; he himself holds right speech, and instigates others in right speech; he himself holds right action, and instigates others in right action; he himself holds right livelihood, and instigates others in right livelihood; he himself holds right effort, and instigates others in right effort; he himself holds right mindfulness, and instigates others in right mindfulness; he himself holds right concentration, and instigates others in right concentration. This is called, monks, one better than a good person." The fifth.

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