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AN 4.239PTS AN 2.237Sāvajja1 min read

Blameworthy

Sāvajjasutta

Blameworthy or blameless deeds and view determine rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.239Numbered Discourses 4.239
  • 0.224. Kammavagga24. Deeds

0.3SāvajjasuttaBlameworthy

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?1.3Sāvajjena kāyakammena, sāvajjena vacīkammena, sāvajjena manokammena, sāvajjāya diṭṭhiyā—Blameworthy deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameworthy 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?2.3Anavajjena kāyakammena, anavajjena vacīkammena, anavajjena manokammena, anavajjāya diṭṭhiyā—Blameless deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameless 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.”

2.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.