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AN 4.213PTS AN 2.226Akataññutā1 min read

Ungrateful

Akataññutāsutta

Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.213Numbered Discourses 4.213
  • 0.222. Parisāvagga22. Assembly

0.3AkataññutāsuttaUngrateful

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, akataññutā akataveditā—Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and being ungrateful and thankless.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, kataññutā kataveditā—Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and being grateful and thankful.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.”

2.5Tatiyaṁ.