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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.212

  • Numbered Discourses 4.212Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.212
  • 22. Assembly22. Parisāvagga

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“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What four?Katamehi catūhi? Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and wrong view.Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena, micchādiṭṭhiyā— Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What four?Katamehi catūhi? Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and right view.Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena, sammādiṭṭhiyā— Someone with these four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

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