2: The Book of the Twos
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1“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates. Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in completing the procedure of the skillful teaching.
2I praise right practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates. Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in completing the procedure of the skillful teaching.”
1"Dvinnāhaṁ, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipattiṁ na vaṇṇemi, gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā. Gihī vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu na ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.
2Dvinnāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipattiṁ vaṇṇemi, gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā. Gihī vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalan"ti.