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 From wrongness comes failure, not success. And how is it, monks, that from wrongness comes failure, not success?  | 
          
      
       
 
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 In a person of wrong view, wrong resolve comes into being. In a person of wrong resolve, wrong speech. In a person of wrong speech, wrong action. In a person of wrong action, wrong livelihood. In a person of wrong livelihood, wrong effort. In a person of wrong effort, wrong mindfulness. In a person of wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration. In a person of wrong concentration, wrong knowledge. In a person of wrong knowledge, wrong release.  | 
          
      
       
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 This is how from wrongness comes failure, not success.  | 
          
      
       
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 From rightness comes success, not failure. And how is it, monks, that from rightness comes success, not failure?  | 
          
      
       
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 In a person of right view, right resolve comes into being. In a person of right resolve, right speech. In a person of right speech, right action. In a person of right action, right livelihood. In a person of right livelihood, right effort. In a person of right effort, right mindfulness. In a person of right mindfulness, right concentration. In a person of right concentration, right knowledge. In a person of right knowledge, right release. 1  | 
         
      
       
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 This is how from rightness comes success, not failure.  | 
         
 
      
       
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 See also: AN X.104.  | 
          
      
       
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