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AN 4.264PTS AN 2.253Pāṇātipātī1 min read

Killing Living Creatures

Pāṇātipātīsutta

Killing leads to hell, not killing leads to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.264Numbered Discourses 4.264
  • 0.227. Kammapathavagga27. Ways of Performing Deeds

0.3PāṇātipātīsuttaKilling Living Creatures

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?1.3Attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti, pāṇātipāte ca samanuñño hoti, pāṇātipātassa ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati—They themselves kill living creatures; they encourage others to kill living creatures; they approve of killing living creatures; and they praise killing living creatures.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?2.3Attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti, pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā ca samanuñño hoti, pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati—They don’t themselves kill living creatures; they encourage others to not kill living creatures; they approve of not killing living creatures; and they praise not killing living creatures.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.”

2.5Paṭhamaṁ.