Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

217. Courses of Expression (1)

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."

1… pe … Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavādī hoti, asute sutavādī hoti, amute mutavādī hoti, aviññāte viññātavādī hoti … pe … adiṭṭhe adiṭṭhavādī hoti, asute asutavādī hoti, amute amutavādī hoti, aviññāte aviññātavādī hoti.


Sattamaṁ.

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