Untitled Discourse on Forty Qualities~

“Someone with forty qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What forty?Katamehi cattārīsāya? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view. They encourage others to do these things. They approve of these things. And they praise these things.Attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti, pāṇātipāte ca samanuñño hoti, pāṇātipātassa ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati; Someone with these forty qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.imehi kho, bhikkhave, cattārīsāya dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with forty qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What forty?Katamehi cattārīsāya? 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. They encourage others to do these things. They approve of these things. And they praise these things.Attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti, pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā ca samanuñño hoti, pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati; Someone with these forty qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”imehi kho, bhikkhave, cattārīsāya dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.