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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourse 45.32

Practice (2nd)

Paṭipannasutta — Paṭipattivagga

Setting
Sāvatthī
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
The identical eight-factor content, framed by act of practice rather than by a static way, practice, or character
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — very short, a direct pairing

Why this discourse

This discourse frames the identical eight wrong and eight right factors as describing “one practicing wrongly” and “one practicing rightly” (micchāpaṭipanno/sammāpaṭipanno) — a framing this project confirms by direct comparison is distinct from SN 45.25's own asappurisa/sappurisa (an untrue/true person): there, character or identity; here, the ongoing act of practicing itself.

Reading guide

Practicing, not simply being

Paṭipanna (practicing, one who has undertaken the practice) names an activity someone is engaged in, distinct from SN 45.25's own sappurisa (a kind of person one is), confirmed by comparing the grammatical form of both terms directly — a participle describing action versus a noun describing character.

A genuinely distinct framing, not another repeat

Unlike SN 45.31's own word-for-word repeat of SN 45.23, this discourse's own paṭipanna framing does not duplicate any earlier discourse in this saṃyutta, confirmed by checking this specific term against SN 45.21–30's own vocabulary — a genuinely new angle even within this vagga's own repetitive opening.

Key terms

micchāpaṭipanno — “one practicing wrongly” — someone engaged in the wrong eightfold path, framed as an ongoing activity rather than a fixed identity
sammāpaṭipanno — “one practicing rightly” — the mirrored term for the right eightfold path
asappurisa/sappurisa — “an untrue/true person” — SN 45.25's own character-based framing, distinct from this discourse's own action-based one
micchādiṭṭhi... micchāsamādhi — “wrong view... wrong immersion” — the eight factors, unchanged from this vagga's own opening discourse
sammādiṭṭhi... sammāsamādhi — “right view... right immersion” — the eight factors, unchanged from this vagga's own opening discourse

The text

The complete discourse. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

§1At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you one practicing wrongly and one practicing rightly. Listen … And who is practicing wrongly? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. This is called one practicing wrongly. And who is practicing rightly? It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is called one practicing rightly.”

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Self-check quiz

3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.

Question 1 of 3
How does this discourse's own framing differ from SN 45.25's own asappurisa/sappurisa pairing?
Correct: A. Confirmed by comparing the grammatical form of both terms — a participle describing action versus a noun describing character.
Question 2 of 3
Is this discourse another word-for-word repeat, like SN 45.31?
Correct: A. Confirmed by checking this specific term against SN 45.21-30's own vocabulary — a genuinely new angle.
Question 3 of 3
What are the eight factors that define "one practicing wrongly"?
Correct: A. Unchanged from this vagga's own opening discourse.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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