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A Jain Ascetic, Etc.

Nigaṇṭhasuttādi

Why various ascetics are cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.294–302Numbered Discourses 5.294–302
  • 0.228. Sikkhāpadapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts on Training Rules

0.3NigaṇṭhasuttādiA Jain Ascetic, Etc.

1.1PTS 3.277“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato nigaṇṭho … muṇḍasāvako … jaṭilako … paribbājako … māgaṇḍiko … tedaṇḍiko … āruddhako … gotamako … devadhammiko yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“A Jain ascetic … disciple of the shavelings … a matted-hair ascetic … a wanderer … a follower of Māgaṇḍiya … a trident-bearing ascetic … a follower of the unobstructed … a follower of Gotama … a performer of rituals for the gods … with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato devadhammiko yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye”ti.With these five qualities they’re placed in hell as if delivered there.”

1.5Sattarasamaṁ.

1.6Sikkhāpadapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.