an.4.205 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Eightfold

“Mendicants, I will teach you a bad person and a worse person,
a good person and a better person.
And what is a bad person?
It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.
This is called a bad person.
And what is a worse person?
It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion. And they encourage others in these same qualities.







This is called a worse person.
And what is a good person?
It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
This is called a good person.
And what is a better person?
It’s someone who has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. And they encourage others in these same qualities.







This is called a better person.”