4: The Book of the Fours
XXIV. Deeds — AN 4.239: Blameworthy
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1“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell. What four? Blameworthy deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameworthy view. Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell.
2Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven. What four? Blameless deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameless view. Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.”
1"Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi catūhi? Sāvajjena kāyakammena, sāvajjena vacīkammena, sāvajjena manokammena, sāvajjāya diṭṭhiyā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
2Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi catūhi? Anavajjena kāyakammena, anavajjena vacīkammena, anavajjena manokammena, anavajjāya diṭṭhiyā – imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge"ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.