The Related Discourses

13. Factors of the Noble Path

30 (775). What’s Rightly Considered

1. Thus have I heard:[1] One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.

2. It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “Among inner things, I don’t see a single one that can cause the arising of evil and bad things that have yet to arise or the redoubling of those that have already arisen and make them grow like not rightly considering [them]. Monks, not rightly considering it causes wrong view to occur that’s yet to occur and to redouble it when it has already occurred. Wrong intention, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong method, wrong mindfulness, and wrong samādhi are likewise explained.

3. “Monks, among inner things, I don’t see a single one that prevents the arising of evil and bad things that have yet to arise or to cease those that have already arisen like rightly considering them. Monks, rightly considering it prevents wrong view from arising that’s yet to arise and ceases it when it has already arisen. Wrong view, wrong intention, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong method, wrong mindfulness, and wrong samādhi are likewise explained.”

4. After the Buddha spoke this sūtra, the monks who heard what the Buddha taught rejoiced and approved.

Notes

1. This sūtra is similar to SN 45.83 and 90, but it addresses the factors of the wrong path.

Translator: Charles Patton

Last Revised: 10 November 2023