1Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Venerable Ānanda and the Venerable Bhadda were dwelling at Paṭaliputta in the Cock's Park. Then, in the evening, the Venerable Bhadda emerged from seclusion, approached the Venerable Ānanda, and exchanged greetings with him. When they had concluded their greetings and cordial talk, he sat down to one side and said to the Venerable Ānanda:

2"Friend Ānanda, it is said, ‘the unholy life, the unholy life.’ What now, friend, is the unholy life?" sn.v.16

"Good, good, friend Bhadda! Your intelligence is excellent, [n.23] Se and Ee: Bhaddako te avuso Bhaddako te āvuso Bhadda ummaggo. Bhaddako almost surely involves a word play on the elder's name. Spk (Se): Ummaggo ti pañha-ummaggo; pañhavīmaṁsanaṁ pañhagavesanan ti attho; "‘Intelligence’: intelligence (in forming) a question; the meaning is, investigating a question, seeking out a question." (Here Se pañha- is preferable to Be paññā-.) friend Bhadda, your ingenuity is excellent, your inquiry is a good one. For you have asked me: ‘Friend Ānanda, it is said, "the unholy life, the unholy life." What now, friend, is the unholy life?’"

"Yes, friend."

"This eightfold wrong path, friend, is the unholy life; that is, wrong view … wrong concentration."

1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—​ ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte vihāranti kukkuṭārāme. Atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṁ Ānandaṁ etadavoca:

2"‘Abrahmacariyaṁ, abrahmacariyan’ti, āvuso Ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan"ti?

"Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi: ‘abrahmacariyaṁ, abrahmacariyanti, āvuso Ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan’"ti?

"Evamāvuso"ti.

"Ayameva kho, āvuso, aṭṭhaṅgiko micchāmaggo abrahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ – micchādiṭṭhi … pe … micchāsamādhī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.