4: The Book of the Fours
218. Courses of Expression (2)
- 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 not seen what one has seen; one says that one has not heard what one has heard; one says that one has not sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has not cognized what one has cognized. 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 seen what one has seen; one says that one has heard what one has heard; one says that one has sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has cognized what one has cognized. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there."
