• Numbered Discourses 3.147 Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.147
  • 15. Good Fortune 15. Maṅgalavagga

Blameworthy Sāvajjasutta

“Someone with three qualities is cast down to hell. “Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What three? Katamehi tīhi? Blameworthy deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. Sāvajjena kāyakammena, sāvajjena vacīkammena, sāvajjena manokammena—

Someone with these three qualities is cast down to hell. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with three qualities is raised up to heaven. Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What three? Katamehi tīhi? Blameless deeds by way of body, speech, and mind. Anavajjena kāyakammena, anavajjena vacīkammena, anavajjena manokammena—Someone with these three qualities is raised up to heaven.” imehi kho …pe… evaṁ sagge”ti.

Dutiyaṁ.