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Numbered Discourses · AN 3.146

  • Numbered Discourses 3.146Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.146
  • 15. Good Fortune15. Maṅgalavagga

UnskillfulAkusalasutta

“Someone with three qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What three?Katamehi tīhi? Unskillful deeds by way of body, speech, and mind.Akusalena kāyakammena, akusalena vacīkammena, akusalena manokammena—

Someone with these three qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with three qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What three?Katamehi tīhi? Skillful deeds by way of body, speech, and mind.Kusalena kāyakammena, kusalena vacīkammena, kusalena manokammena—

Someone with these three qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

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  1. AN 3.147 Blameworthy 0.83near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.147 15. Good Fortune Blameworthy “Someone with three qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What three? Blameworthy deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. Someone with these three quali…
  2. AN 3.148 Unethical 0.79near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.148 15. Good Fortune Unethical “Someone with three qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. … Unethical deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. … Someone with three qualities is placed in…
  3. AN 3.149 Impure 0.75near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.149 15. Good Fortune Impure “Someone with three qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. … Impure deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. … Someone with three qualities is placed in heaven…
  4. AN 3.150 Broken (1st) 0.63near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.150 15. Good Fortune Broken (1st) “When a foolish, incompetent untrue person has three qualities they keep themselves broken and damaged. They deserve to be blamed and reproved by sensible people, a…
  5. AN 3.152 Broken (3rd) 0.63near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.152 15. Good Fortune Broken (3rd) “When a foolish, incompetent untrue person has three qualities they keep themselves broken and damaged. … Unethical deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. … When a…