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So It Was Said · Iti 70

  • So It Was Said 70Itivuttaka 70
  • The Book of the ThreesTikanipāta
  • Chapter ThreeTatiyavagga

Having Wrong ViewMicchādiṭṭhikasutta

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in misconduct by body, speech, and mind, who denounced the noble ones, who had wrong views and acted accordingly.“Diṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā. At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannā.

Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin.Taṁ kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nāññassa samaṇassa vā brāhmaṇassa vā sutvā vadāmi. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”Api ca, bhikkhave, yadeva sāmaṁ ñātaṁ sāmaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sāmaṁ viditaṁ tadevāhaṁ vadāmi.

The Buddha spoke this matter.Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. On this it is said:Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“When the mind has been misdirected,“Micchā manaṁ paṇidhāya, and words wrongly spoken,micchā vācañca bhāsiya; and wrong bodily deeds have been done,Micchā kammāni katvāna, an individual herekāyena idha puggalo.

unlearned, doer of bad deeds,Appassutāpuññakaro, though their life may be short,appasmiṁ idha jīvite; when their body breaks up, that witless personKāyassa bhedā duppañño, is reborn in hell.”nirayaṁ sopapajjatī”ti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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