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AN 4.265PTS AN 2.253Adinnādāyī1 min read

Stealing

Adinnādāyīsutta

Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.265Numbered Discourses 4.265
  • 0.227. Kammapathavagga27. Ways of Performing Deeds

0.3AdinnādāyīsuttaStealing

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 adinnādāyī hoti, parañca adinnādāne samādapeti, adinnādāne ca samanuñño hoti, adinnādānassa ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati—They themselves steal …1.4imehi kho …pe….Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. …

2.1PTS 2.254Attanā ca adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, parañca adinnādānā veramaṇiyā samādapeti, adinnādānā veramaṇiyā ca samanuñño hoti, adinnādānā veramaṇiyā ca vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati—imehi kho, bhikkhave …pe….They don’t themselves steal …”

2.2Dutiyaṁ.