{"id":"mn117","title":"The Great Forty","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn117","title":"The Great Forty","units":[{"id":"mn117:0","sourceIds":["mn117:0.1","mn117:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 117\nMahācattārīsakasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 117\nThe Great Forty"}},{"id":"mn117:1","sourceIds":["mn117:1.1","mn117:1.2","mn117:1.3","mn117:1.4","mn117:1.5","mn117:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn117:2","sourceIds":["mn117:2.1","mn117:2.2","mn117:2.3","mn117:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“ariyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, sammāsamādhiṁ desessāmi saupanisaṁ saparikkhāraṁ.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"“Mendicants, I will teach you noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn117:3","sourceIds":["mn117:3.1","mn117:3.2","mn117:3.3","mn117:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso saparikkhāro?\nSeyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati;\nyā kho, bhikkhave, imehi sattahaṅgehi cittassa ekaggatā parikkhatā—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso itipi, saparikkhāro itipi.","en":"“And what is noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites?\nThey are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness.\nUnification of mind with these seven factors as prerequisites\nis called noble right immersion ‘with its vital conditions’ and also ‘with its prerequisites’."}},{"id":"mn117:4","sourceIds":["mn117:4.1","mn117:4.2","mn117:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nMicchādiṭṭhiṁ ‘micchādiṭṭhī’ti pajānāti, sammādiṭṭhiṁ ‘sammādiṭṭhī’ti pajānāti—sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nWhen you understand wrong view as wrong view and right view as right view, that’s your right view."}},{"id":"mn117:5","sourceIds":["mn117:5.1","mn117:5.2","mn117:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchādiṭṭhi?\n‘Natthi dinnaṁ, natthi yiṭṭhaṁ, natthi hutaṁ, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṁ kammānaṁ phalaṁ vipāko, natthi ayaṁ loko, natthi paro loko, natthi mātā, natthi pitā, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi loke samaṇabrāhmaṇā sammaggatā sammāpaṭipannā ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, micchādiṭṭhi.","en":"And what is wrong view?\n‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’\nThis is wrong view."}},{"id":"mn117:6","sourceIds":["mn117:6.1","mn117:6.2","mn117:6.3","mn117:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi?\nSammādiṭṭhimpahaṁ, bhikkhave, dvāyaṁ vadāmi—\natthi, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā;\natthi, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā.","en":"And what is right view?\nRight view is twofold, I say.\nThere is right view that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments.\nAnd there is right view that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:7","sourceIds":["mn117:7.1","mn117:7.2","mn117:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā?\n‘Atthi dinnaṁ, atthi yiṭṭhaṁ, atthi hutaṁ, atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṁ kammānaṁ phalaṁ vipāko, atthi ayaṁ loko, atthi paro loko, atthi mātā, atthi pitā, atthi sattā opapātikā, atthi loke samaṇabrāhmaṇā sammaggatā sammāpaṭipannā ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā.","en":"And what is right view that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments?\n‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’\nThis is right view that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments."}},{"id":"mn117:8","sourceIds":["mn117:8.1","mn117:8.2","mn117:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā?\nYā kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṁ bhāvayato paññā paññindriyaṁ paññābalaṁ dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo sammādiṭṭhi maggaṅgaṁ—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā.","en":"And what is right view that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?\nIt’s the wisdom—the faculty of wisdom, the power of wisdom, the awakening factor of investigation of principles, and right view as a factor of the path—in one intent on the noble, intent on the undefiled, who possesses the noble path and develops the noble path.\nThis is called right view that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:9","sourceIds":["mn117:9.1","mn117:9.2","mn117:9.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So micchādiṭṭhiyā pahānāya vāyamati, sammādiṭṭhiyā, upasampadāya, svāssa hoti sammāvāyāmo.\nSo sato micchādiṭṭhiṁ pajahati, sato sammādiṭṭhiṁ upasampajja viharati, sāssa hoti sammāsati.\nItiyime tayo dhammā sammādiṭṭhiṁ anuparidhāvanti anuparivattanti, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati.","en":"They make an effort to give up wrong view and embrace right view: that’s their right effort.\nMindfully they give up wrong view and embrace right view: that’s their right mindfulness.\nSo these three things keep running and circling around right view, namely: right view, right effort, and right mindfulness."}},{"id":"mn117:10","sourceIds":["mn117:10.1","mn117:10.2","mn117:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nMicchāsaṅkappaṁ ‘micchāsaṅkappo’ti pajānāti, sammāsaṅkappaṁ ‘sammāsaṅkappo’ti pajānāti, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nWhen you understand wrong purpose as wrong purpose and right purpose as right purpose, that’s your right view."}},{"id":"mn117:11","sourceIds":["mn117:11.1","mn117:11.2","mn117:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchāsaṅkappo?\nKāmasaṅkappo, byāpādasaṅkappo, vihiṁsāsaṅkappo—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, micchāsaṅkappo.","en":"And what is wrong purpose?\nPurposes of sensuality, of malice, and of cruelty.\nThis is wrong purpose."}},{"id":"mn117:12","sourceIds":["mn117:12.1","mn117:12.2","mn117:12.3","mn117:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo?\nSammāsaṅkappampahaṁ, bhikkhave, dvāyaṁ vadāmi—\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko;\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right purpose?\nRight purpose is twofold, I say.\nThere is right purpose that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments.\nAnd there is right purpose that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:13","sourceIds":["mn117:13.1","mn117:13.2","mn117:13.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko?\nNekkhammasaṅkappo, abyāpādasaṅkappo, avihiṁsāsaṅkappo:\n‘ayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko’.","en":"And what is right purpose that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments?\nPurposes of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness.\nThis is right purpose that is accompanied by defilements."}},{"id":"mn117:14","sourceIds":["mn117:14.1","mn117:14.2","mn117:14.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo?\nYo kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṁ bhāvayato takko vitakko saṅkappo appanā byappanā cetaso abhiniropanā vacīsaṅkhāro—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right purpose that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?\nIt’s the thinking—the placing of the mind, thought, planting, implanting, embedding of the mind, verbal process—in one intent on the noble, intent on the undefiled, who possesses the noble path and develops the noble path.\nThis is right purpose that is noble."}},{"id":"mn117:15","sourceIds":["mn117:15.1","mn117:15.2","mn117:15.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So micchāsaṅkappassa pahānāya vāyamati, sammāsaṅkappassa upasampadāya, svāssa hoti sammāvāyāmo.\nSo sato micchāsaṅkappaṁ pajahati, sato sammāsaṅkappaṁ upasampajja viharati; sāssa hoti sammāsati.\nItiyime tayo dhammā sammāsaṅkappaṁ anuparidhāvanti anuparivattanti, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati.","en":"They make an effort to give up wrong purpose and embrace right purpose: that’s their right effort.\nMindfully they give up wrong purpose and take up right purpose: that’s their right mindfulness.\nSo these three things keep running and circling around right purpose, namely: right view, right effort, and right mindfulness."}},{"id":"mn117:16","sourceIds":["mn117:16.1","mn117:16.2","mn117:16.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nMicchāvācaṁ ‘micchāvācā’ti pajānāti, sammāvācaṁ ‘sammāvācā’ti pajānāti; sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nWhen you understand wrong speech as wrong speech and right speech as right speech, that’s your right view."}},{"id":"mn117:17","sourceIds":["mn117:17.1","mn117:17.2","mn117:17.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, micchāvācā?\nMusāvādo, pisuṇā vācā, pharusā vācā, samphappalāpo—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, micchāvācā.","en":"And what is wrong speech?\nSpeech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.\nThis is wrong speech."}},{"id":"mn117:18","sourceIds":["mn117:18.1","mn117:18.2","mn117:18.3","mn117:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāvācā?\nSammāvācampahaṁ, bhikkhave, dvāyaṁ vadāmi—\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāvācā sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā;\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāvācā ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā.","en":"And what is right speech?\nRight speech is twofold, I say.\nThere is right speech that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments.\nAnd there is right speech that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:19","sourceIds":["mn117:19.1","mn117:19.2","mn117:19.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāvācā sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā?\nMusāvādā veramaṇī, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī, samphappalāpā veramaṇī—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāvācā sāsavā puññabhāgiyā upadhivepakkā.","en":"And what is right speech that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments?\nRefraining from lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and talking nonsense.\nThis is right speech that is accompanied by defilements."}},{"id":"mn117:20","sourceIds":["mn117:20.1","mn117:20.2","mn117:20.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāvācā ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā?\nYā kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṁ bhāvayato catūhi vacīduccaritehi ārati virati paṭivirati veramaṇī—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāvācā ariyā anāsavā lokuttarā maggaṅgā.","en":"And what is right speech that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?\nIt’s the desisting, abstaining, abstinence, and refraining from the four kinds of bad verbal conduct in one intent on the noble, intent on the undefiled, who possesses the noble path and develops the noble path.\nThis is right speech that is noble."}},{"id":"mn117:21","sourceIds":["mn117:21.1","mn117:21.2","mn117:21.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So micchāvācāya pahānāya vāyamati, sammāvācāya upasampadāya; svāssa hoti sammāvāyāmo.\nSo sato micchāvācaṁ pajahati, sato sammāvācaṁ upasampajja viharati; sāssa hoti sammāsati.\nItiyime tayo dhammā sammāvācaṁ anuparidhāvanti anuparivattanti, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati.","en":"They make an effort to give up wrong speech and embrace right speech: that’s their right effort.\nMindfully they give up wrong speech and take up right speech: that’s their right mindfulness.\nSo these three things keep running and circling around right speech, namely: right view, right effort, and right mindfulness."}},{"id":"mn117:22","sourceIds":["mn117:22.1","mn117:22.2","mn117:22.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nMicchākammantaṁ ‘micchākammanto’ti pajānāti, sammākammantaṁ ‘sammākammanto’ti pajānāti; sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nWhen you understand wrong action as wrong action and right action as right action, that’s your right view."}},{"id":"mn117:23","sourceIds":["mn117:23.1","mn117:23.2","mn117:23.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchākammanto?\nPāṇātipāto, adinnādānaṁ, kāmesumicchācāro—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, micchākammanto.","en":"And what is wrong action?\nKilling living creatures, stealing, and sexual misconduct.\nThis is wrong action."}},{"id":"mn117:24","sourceIds":["mn117:24.1","mn117:24.2","mn117:24.3","mn117:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammākammanto?\nSammākammantampahaṁ, bhikkhave, dvāyaṁ vadāmi—\natthi, bhikkhave, sammākammanto sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko;\natthi, bhikkhave, sammākammanto ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right action?\nRight action is twofold, I say.\nThere is right action that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments.\nAnd there is right action that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:25","sourceIds":["mn117:25.1","mn117:25.2","mn117:25.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammākammanto sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko?\nPāṇātipātā veramaṇī, adinnādānā veramaṇī, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammākammanto sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko.","en":"And what is right action that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments?\nRefraining from killing living creatures, stealing, and sexual misconduct.\nThis is right action that is accompanied by defilements."}},{"id":"mn117:26","sourceIds":["mn117:26.1","mn117:26.2","mn117:26.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammākammanto ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo?\nYā kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṁ bhāvayato tīhi kāyaduccaritehi ārati virati paṭivirati veramaṇī—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammākammanto ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right action that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?\nIt’s the desisting, abstaining, abstinence, and refraining from the three kinds of bad bodily conduct in one intent on the noble, intent on the undefiled, who possesses the noble path and develops the noble path.\nThis is right action that is noble."}},{"id":"mn117:27","sourceIds":["mn117:27.1","mn117:27.2","mn117:27.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So micchākammantassa pahānāya vāyamati, sammākammantassa upasampadāya; svāssa hoti sammāvāyāmo.\nSo sato micchākammantaṁ pajahati, sato sammākammantaṁ upasampajja viharati; sāssa hoti sammāsati.\nItiyime tayo dhammā sammākammantaṁ anuparidhāvanti anuparivattanti, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati.","en":"They make an effort to give up wrong action and embrace right action: that’s their right effort.\nMindfully they give up wrong action and take up right action: that’s their right mindfulness.\nSo these three things keep running and circling around right action, namely: right view, right effort, and right mindfulness."}},{"id":"mn117:28","sourceIds":["mn117:28.1","mn117:28.2","mn117:28.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nMicchāājīvaṁ ‘micchāājīvo’ti pajānāti, sammāājīvaṁ ‘sammāājīvo’ti pajānāti; sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nWhen you understand wrong livelihood as wrong livelihood and right livelihood as right livelihood, that’s your right view."}},{"id":"mn117:29","sourceIds":["mn117:29.1","mn117:29.2","mn117:29.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchāājīvo?\nKuhanā, lapanā, nemittikatā, nippesikatā, lābhena lābhaṁ nijigīsanatā—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, micchāājīvo.","en":"And what is wrong livelihood?\nFawning, flattery, hinting, and belittling, and using material things to chase after other material things.\nThis is wrong livelihood."}},{"id":"mn117:30","sourceIds":["mn117:30.1","mn117:30.2","mn117:30.3","mn117:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo?\nSammāājīvampahaṁ, bhikkhave, dvāyaṁ vadāmi—\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko;\natthi, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right livelihood?\nRight livelihood is twofold, I say.\nThere is right livelihood that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments.\nAnd there is right livelihood that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path."}},{"id":"mn117:31","sourceIds":["mn117:31.1","mn117:31.2","mn117:31.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako micchāājīvaṁ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko.","en":"And what is right livelihood that is accompanied by defilements, partakes of good deeds, and ripens in attachments?\nIt’s when a noble disciple gives up wrong livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood.\nThis is right livelihood that is accompanied by defilements."}},{"id":"mn117:32","sourceIds":["mn117:32.1","mn117:32.2","mn117:32.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo?\nYā kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṁ bhāvayato micchāājīvā ārati virati paṭivirati veramaṇī—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.","en":"And what is right livelihood that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?\nIt’s the desisting, abstaining, abstinence, and refraining from wrong livelihood in one intent on the noble, intent on the undefiled, who possesses the noble path and develops the noble path.\nThis is right livelihood that is noble."}},{"id":"mn117:33","sourceIds":["mn117:33.1","mn117:33.2","mn117:33.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So micchāājīvassa pahānāya vāyamati, sammāājīvassa upasampadāya; svāssa hoti sammāvāyāmo.\nSo sato micchāājīvaṁ pajahati, sato sammāājīvaṁ upasampajja viharati; sāssa hoti sammāsati.\nItiyime tayo dhammā sammāājīvaṁ anuparidhāvanti anuparivattanti, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati.","en":"They make an effort to give up wrong livelihood and embrace right livelihood: that’s their right effort.\nMindfully they give up wrong livelihood and take up right livelihood: that’s their right mindfulness.\nSo these three things keep running and circling around right livelihood, namely: right view, right effort, and right mindfulness."}},{"id":"mn117:34","sourceIds":["mn117:34.1","mn117:34.2","mn117:34.3","mn117:34.4","mn117:34.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nSammādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo pahoti, sammāsaṅkappassa sammāvācā pahoti, sammāvācassa sammākammanto pahoti, sammākammantassa sammāājīvo pahoti, sammāājīvassa sammāvāyāmo pahoti, sammāvāyāmassa sammāsati pahoti, sammāsatissa sammāsamādhi pahoti, sammāsamādhissa sammāñāṇaṁ pahoti, sammāñāṇassa sammāvimutti pahoti.\nIti kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato sekkho, dasaṅgasamannāgato arahā hoti.\nTatrapi sammāñāṇena aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā vigatā bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchanti.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nRight view produces right purpose. Right purpose produces right speech. Right speech produces right action. Right action produces right livelihood. Right livelihood produces right effort. Right effort produces right mindfulness. Right mindfulness produces right immersion. Right immersion produces right knowledge. Right knowledge produces right freedom.\nSo the trainee has eight factors, while the perfected one has ten factors.\nAnd here too, the eradication of many bad, unskillful qualities is fully developed due to right knowledge."}},{"id":"mn117:35","sourceIds":["mn117:35.1","mn117:35.2","mn117:35.3","mn117:35.4","mn117:35.5","mn117:35.6","mn117:35.7","mn117:35.8","mn117:35.9","mn117:35.10","mn117:35.11","mn117:35.12","mn117:35.13","mn117:35.14","mn117:35.15","mn117:35.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti?\nSammādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, micchādiṭṭhi nijjiṇṇā hoti.\nYe ca micchādiṭṭhipaccayā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti te cassa nijjiṇṇā honti.\nSammādiṭṭhipaccayā aneke kusalā dhammā bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchanti.\nSammāsaṅkappassa, bhikkhave, micchāsaṅkappo nijjiṇṇo hoti …pe…\nsammāvācassa, bhikkhave, micchāvācā nijjiṇṇā hoti …\nsammākammantassa, bhikkhave, micchākammanto nijjiṇṇo hoti …\nsammāājīvassa, bhikkhave, micchāājīvo nijjiṇṇo hoti …\nsammāvāyāmassa, bhikkhave, micchāvāyāmo nijjiṇṇo hoti …\nsammāsatissa, bhikkhave, micchāsati nijjiṇṇā hoti …\nsammāsamādhissa, bhikkhave, micchāsamādhi nijjiṇṇo hoti …\nsammāñāṇassa, bhikkhave, micchāñāṇaṁ nijjiṇṇaṁ hoti …\nsammāvimuttassa, bhikkhave, micchāvimutti nijjiṇṇā hoti.\nYe ca micchāvimuttipaccayā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti te cassa nijjiṇṇā honti.\nSammāvimuttipaccayā ca aneke kusalā dhammā bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchanti.","en":"In this context, right view comes first.\nAnd how does right view come first?\nFor one of right view, wrong view is worn away.\nAnd the many bad, unskillful qualities that arise because of wrong view are worn away.\nAnd because of right view, many skillful qualities are fully developed.\nFor one of right purpose, wrong purpose is worn away. …\nFor one of right speech, wrong speech is worn away. …\nFor one of right action, wrong action is worn away. …\nFor one of right livelihood, wrong livelihood is worn away. …\nFor one of right effort, wrong effort is worn away. …\nFor one of right mindfulness, wrong mindfulness is worn away. …\nFor one of right immersion, wrong immersion is worn away. …\nFor one of right knowledge, wrong knowledge is worn away. …\nFor one of right freedom, wrong freedom is worn away.\nAnd the many bad, unskillful qualities that arise because of wrong freedom are worn away.\nAnd because of right freedom, many skillful qualities are fully developed."}},{"id":"mn117:36","sourceIds":["mn117:36.1","mn117:36.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iti kho, bhikkhave, vīsati kusalapakkhā, vīsati akusalapakkhā—\nmahācattārīsako dhammapariyāyo pavattito appaṭivattiyo samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.","en":"So there are twenty on the side of the skillful, and twenty on the side of the unskillful.\nThis exposition of the teaching on the Great Forty has been rolled forth. And it cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world."}},{"id":"mn117:37","sourceIds":["mn117:37.1","mn117:37.2","mn117:37.3","mn117:37.4","mn117:37.5","mn117:37.6","mn117:37.7","mn117:37.8","mn117:37.9","mn117:37.10","mn117:37.11","mn117:37.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā imaṁ mahācattārīsakaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ garahitabbaṁ paṭikkositabbaṁ maññeyya tassa diṭṭheva dhamme dasasahadhammikā vādānuvādā gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgacchanti—\nsammādiṭṭhiñce bhavaṁ garahati, ye ca micchādiṭṭhī samaṇabrāhmaṇā te bhoto pujjā, te bhoto pāsaṁsā;\nsammāsaṅkappañce bhavaṁ garahati, ye ca micchāsaṅkappā samaṇabrāhmaṇā te bhoto pujjā, te bhoto pāsaṁsā;\nsammāvācañce bhavaṁ garahati …pe…\nsammākammantañce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāājīvañce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāvāyāmañce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāsatiñce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāsamādhiñce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāñāṇañce bhavaṁ garahati …\nsammāvimuttiñce bhavaṁ garahati, ye ca micchāvimuttī samaṇabrāhmaṇā te bhoto pujjā, te bhoto pāsaṁsā.\nYo koci, bhikkhave, samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā imaṁ mahācattārīsakaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ garahitabbaṁ paṭikkositabbaṁ maññeyya tassa diṭṭheva dhamme ime dasasahadhammikā vādānuvādā gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgacchanti.","en":"If any ascetic or brahmin imagines they can criticize and reject the exposition of the teaching on the Great Forty, they deserve rebuttal and criticism on ten legitimate grounds in this very life.\nIf such a gentleman criticizes right view, they praise and honor the ascetics and brahmins who have wrong view.\nIf they criticize right purpose …\nright speech …\nright action …\nright livelihood …\nright effort …\nright mindfulness …\nright immersion …\nright knowledge …\nright freedom, they praise and honor the ascetics and brahmins who have wrong freedom.\nIf any ascetic or brahmin imagines they can criticize and reject the exposition of the teaching on the Great Forty, they deserve rebuttal and criticism on these ten legitimate grounds in this very life."}},{"id":"mn117:38","sourceIds":["mn117:38.1","mn117:38.2","mn117:38.3","mn117:38.4","mn117:38.5","mn117:38.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yepi te, bhikkhave, ahesuṁ okkalā vassabhaññā ahetuvādā akiriyavādā natthikavādā tepi mahācattārīsakaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ na garahitabbaṁ nappaṭikkositabbaṁ amaññiṁsu.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nNindābyārosaupārambhabhayā”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nMahācattārīsakasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.","en":"Even those who were loud and bold advocates of the doctrines of no-cause, inaction, and nihilism, didn’t imagine that the Great Forty should be criticized or rejected.\nWhy is that?\nFor fear of being blamed, provoked, and faulted.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}