4: The Book of the Fours
217. Courses of Expression (1)
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? One says that one has seen what one has not seen; one says that one has heard what one has not heard; one says that one has sensed what one has not sensed; one says that one has cognized what one has not cognized …. [n.939] On these four terms, see AN4.23, n. 656. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there.
2"Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? One says that one has not seen what one has not seen; one says that one has not heard what one has not heard; one says that one has not sensed what one has not sensed; one says that one has not cognized what one has not cognized. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there."
