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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.221

  • Numbered Discourses 10.221Aṅguttara Nikāya 10
  • 22. Similarity22. Sāmaññavagga

Untitled Discourse on Ten Qualities~

“Someone with ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view.Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, pisuṇavāco hoti, pharusavāco hoti, samphappalāpī hoti, abhijjhālu hoti, byāpannacitto hoti, micchādiṭṭhiko hoti— Someone with these ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view.Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti, anabhijjhālu hoti, abyāpannacitto hoti, sammādiṭṭhiko hoti— Someone with these ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 10.224 Untitled Discourse on Forty Qualities 0.85near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.224 22. Similarity Untitled Discourse on Forty Qualities “Someone with forty qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What forty? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual misc…
  2. AN 10.222 Untitled Discourse on Twenty Qualities 0.85near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.222 22. Similarity Untitled Discourse on Twenty Qualities “Someone with twenty qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What twenty? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual m…
  3. AN 10.223 Untitled Discourse on Thirty Qualities 0.82near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.223 22. Similarity Untitled Discourse on Thirty Qualities “Someone with thirty qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What thirty? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual m…
  4. AN 10.212 Heaven and Hell (2nd) 0.73near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.212 21. The Body Born of Deeds Heaven and Hell (2nd) “Someone with ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What ten? It’s when someone kills living creatures. They’re violent, bloody…
  5. AN 10.229–232 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (2nd) 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.229–232 22. Similarity Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (2nd) “When they have ten qualities, some people, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad p…