Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

3: The Book of the Threes

146. Unwholesome

1"Bhikkhus, possessing three qualities, one is deposited in hell as if brought there. What three? Unwholesome bodily action, unwholesome verbal action, and unwholesome mental action. Possessing these three qualities, one is deposited in hell as if brought there.

2"Possessing three qualities, one is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What three? Wholesome bodily action, wholesome verbal action, and wholesome mental action. Possessing these three qualities, one is deposited in heaven as if brought there."

1"Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi tīhi? Akusalena kāyakammena, akusalena vacīkammena, akusalena manokammena – imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

2Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi tīhi? Kusalena kāyakammena, kusalena vacīkammena, kusalena manokammena – imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge"ti.


Paṭhamaṁ.

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