Bad Principles (1st) (AN10.113)

Numbered Discourses 10.113

12. The Ceremony of Descent

Bad Principles (1st)

“Mendicants, you should know bad principles with bad results.

And you should know good principles with good results.

Knowing these things, your practice should follow the good principles with good results.

And what are bad principles with bad results?

Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

These are called bad principles with bad results.

And what are good principles with good results?

Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

These are called good principles with good results.

‘You should know bad principles with bad results.

And you should know good principles with good results.

Knowing these things, your practice should follow the good principles with good results.’

That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.”