8.
The Second Discourse on Descending
120.
"I will teach you, monks, the noble descent.
Listen to that...
And what, monks, is the noble descent?
Here, monks, a noble disciple considers thus -
'Wrong view indeed has an evil result -
both in this present life and in the future life.'
He, having thus reflected, abandons wrong view;
he descends from wrong view.
Wrong thought indeed has an evil result...
wrong speech indeed...
wrong action indeed...
wrong livelihood indeed...
wrong effort indeed...
wrong mindfulness indeed...
wrong concentration indeed...
wrong knowledge indeed...
wrong liberation indeed has an evil result -
both in this present life and in the future life.
He, having thus reflected, abandons wrong liberation;
he descends from wrong liberation.
This is called, monks, the noble descent."
The eighth.