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Diṭṭhisutta

Conduct and view determine rebirth.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.212Numbered Discourses 4.212
  • 0.222. Parisāvagga22. Assembly

0.3DiṭṭhisuttaView

1.1“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?1.3Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena, micchādiṭṭhiyā—Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and wrong view.1.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?2.3Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena, sammādiṭṭhiyā—Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and right view.2.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.Someone with these four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.5Dutiyaṁ.