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Numbered Discourses 3.146

15. Maṅgalavagga
15. Good Fortune

Akusalasutta

Unskillful

“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
“Someone with three qualities is cast down to hell.

Katamehi tīhi?
What three?

Akusalena kāyakammena, akusalena vacīkammena, akusalena manokammena—
Unskillful deeds by way of body, speech, and mind.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
Someone with these three qualities is cast down to hell.

Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.
Someone with three qualities is raised up to heaven.

Katamehi tīhi?
What three?

Kusalena kāyakammena, kusalena vacīkammena, kusalena manokammena—
Skillful deeds by way of body, speech, and mind.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.
Someone with these three qualities is raised up to heaven.”

Paṭhamaṁ.