4: The Book of the Fours
XXII. Assembly — AN 4.212: View
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1“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell. What four? Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and wrong view. Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell.
2Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven. What four? Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and right view. Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.”
1"Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi catūhi? Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena, micchādiṭṭhiyā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
2Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi catūhi? Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena, sammādiṭṭhiyā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge"ti.
Dutiyaṁ.