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A Monk

Bhikkhusutta

Why a monk is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.286Numbered Discourses 5.286
  • 0.228. Sikkhāpadapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts on Training Rules

0.3BhikkhusuttaA Monk

1.1PTS 3.276“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, a monk with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, abrahmacārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.He kills living creatures, steals, has sex, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.A monk with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.A monk with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, abrahmacariyā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.He doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, have sex, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.2.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.A monk with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.5Paṭhamaṁ.