Numbered Discourses 4.212 22. Assembly View (AN4.212)

1.1

“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

1.2

Katamehi catūhi?

What four?

1.3

Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena, micchādiṭṭhiyā—

Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and wrong view.

1.4

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1

Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.

Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.

2.2

Katamehi catūhi?

What four?

2.3

Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena, sammādiṭṭhiyā—

Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and right view.

2.4

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

Someone with these four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.5

Dutiyaṁ.