@ what the Buddha taught
Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dasakanipātapāḷi
Tatiyapaṇṇāsakaṃ
Samaṇasaññāvaggo
Micchattasuttaṃ
AN10.103
'Wrongness, almsmen, having come to it is a defeat, not a victory.
And how, almsmen, is having come to wrongness a defeat, not a victory?
For wrong view, almsmen, enables wrong attitude.
For wrong attitude, enables wrong speech.
For wrong speech enables wrong doing.
For wrong doing enables wrong way of life.
For wrong way of life enables wrong effort.
For wrong effort enables wrong recollection.
For wrong recollection enables wrong concentration.
For wrong concentration enables wrong knowledge.
For wrong knowledge enables wrong emancipation.
OK so, almsmen, is having come to wrongness a defeat, not a victory.
Rightness, almsmen, having come to it is a victory, not a defeat.
And how, almsmen, is having come to rightness a victory, not a defeat?
For right view, almsmen, enables right attitude.
For right attitude enables right speech.
For right speech enables right doing.
For right doing enables right way of life.
For right way of life enables right effort.
For right effort enables right recollection.
For right recollection enables right concentration.
For right concentration enables right knowledge.
For right knowledge enables right emancipation.
OK so, almsmen, is having come to rightness a victory, not a defeat.'