Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

3: The Book of the Threes

148. Unrighteous

1"Bhikkhus, possessing three qualities, one is deposited in hell as if brought there. What three? Unrighteous bodily action, unrighteous verbal action, and unrighteous 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? Righteous bodily action, righteous verbal action, and righteous mental action. Possessing these three qualities, one is deposited in heaven as if brought there."

1"Tīhi, bhikkhave … pe … visamena kāyakammena, visamena vacīkammena, visamena manokammena – imehi kho … pe … evaṁ niraye.

2Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi … pe … samena kāyakammena, samena vacīkammena, samena manokammena – imehi kho … pe … evaṁ sagge"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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