“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person, “Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca; a true person and an even truer person. sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….

And what is an untrue person? “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti. This is called an untrue person. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is an even more untrue person? Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro? It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti; attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti. This is called an even more untrue person. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

And what is a true person? Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti. This is called a true person. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is an even truer person? Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro? It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti; attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti. This is called an even truer person.” Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.