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An Ājīvaka

Ājīvakasutta

Why an ājīvaka ascetic 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 5.293Numbered Discourses 5.293
  • 0.228. Sikkhāpadapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts on Training Rules

0.3ĀjīvakasuttaAn Ājīvaka

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato ājīvako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, an Ājīvaka ascetic 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.They kill living creatures, steal, have sex, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato ājīvako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye”ti.An Ājīvaka ascetic with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.”

1.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.