sn.45.26 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

A Good Person (2nd)

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, I will teach you a bad person and a worse person,
a good person and a better person.
Listen …
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, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.
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, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.
This is called a better person.”