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

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“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell. “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 cast down to hell. imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven. 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 raised up to heaven.” imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

Dutiyaṁ.