micchā-magga

Atthangika: the 'eightfold wrong path', i.e.

• (1) wrong view (micchā-ditthi),

• (2) wrong thought (micchā-sankappa),

• (3) wrong speech (micchā-vācā),

• (4) wrong bodily action (micchā-kammanta),

• (5) wrong livelihood (micchā-ājīva),

• (6) wrong effort (micchā-vāyāma),

• (7) wrong mindfulness (micchā-sati),

• (8) wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi).

Just as the Eightfold Right Path (sammā-magga), so also here the 8 links are included in the group of mental formations (sankhāra-kkhandha; s. khandha).

The links 2, 6, 7, 8, are inseparably bound up with every karmically-unwholesome state of consciousness. Often are also present 3, 4, or 5, sometimes link 1.