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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

XII. The Ceremony of Descent — AN 10.120: The Ceremony of Descent (2nd)

1“Mendicants, I will teach you the noble descent. Listen and pay close attention, I will speak. … And what is the noble descent?

It’s when a noble disciple reflects: ‘Wrong view has a bad result in both this life and the next.’ Reflecting like this, they give up wrong view, they descend from wrong view. ‘Wrong thought has a bad result …’ … ‘Wrong speech …’ … ‘Wrong action …’ … ‘Wrong livelihood …’ … ‘Wrong effort …’ … ‘Wrong mindfulness …’ … ‘Wrong immersion …’ … ‘Wrong knowledge …’ … ‘Wrong freedom has a bad result in both this life and the next.’ Reflecting like this, they give up wrong freedom, they descend from wrong freedom. This is called the noble descent.”

1"Ariyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paccorohaṇiṁ desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha …

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ariyā paccorohaṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako iti paṭisañcikkhati:  ‘micchādiṭṭhiyā kho pāpako vipāko – diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti. So iti paṭisaṅkhāya micchādiṭṭhiṁ pajahati; micchādiṭṭhiyā paccorohati. Micchāsaṅkappassa kho pāpako vipāko … micchāvācāya kho … micchākammantassa kho … micchāājīvassa kho … micchāvāyāmassa kho … micchāsatiyā kho … micchāsamādhissa kho … micchāñāṇassa kho … micchāvimuttiyā kho pāpako vipāko – diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcāti. So iti paṭisaṅkhāya micchāvimuttiṁ pajahati; micchāvimuttiyā paccorohati. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyā paccorohaṇī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.