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AN 4.220PTS AN 2.227Dussīla1 min read

Unethical

Dussīlasutta

Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.220Numbered Discourses 4.220
  • 0.222. Parisāvagga22. Assembly

0.3DussīlasuttaUnethical

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?1.3Assaddho hoti, dussīlo hoti, kusīto hoti, duppañño hoti—They’re faithless, unethical, lazy, and witless.1.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1PTS 2.228Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?2.3Saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, paññavā hoti—They’re faithful, ethical, energetic, and wise.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.”

2.5Dasamaṁ.

2.6Parisasobhaṇavaggo dutiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Parisā diṭṭhi akataññutā,3.2Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā;3.3Dve vohārapathā vuttā,3.4Ahirikaṁ duppaññena cāti.