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AN 4.81PTS AN 2.83Pāṇātipāta1 min read

Killing Living Creatures

Pāṇātipātasutta

Precepts lead to heaven or hell.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.81Numbered Discourses 4.81
  • 0.29. Macalavagga9. Confirmed

0.3PāṇātipātasuttaKilling 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?1.3Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti—They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, and lie.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?2.3Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti—They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, or lie.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.