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Numbered Discourses 4.239

24. Kammavagga
24. Deeds

Sāvajjasutta

Blameworthy

“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell.

Katamehi catūhi?
What four?

Sāvajjena kāyakammena, sāvajjena vacīkammena, sāvajjena manokammena, sāvajjāya diṭṭhiyā—
Blameworthy deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameworthy view.

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell.

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

Katamehi catūhi?
What four?

Anavajjena kāyakammena, anavajjena vacīkammena, anavajjena manokammena, anavajjāya diṭṭhiyā—
Blameless deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, and blameless view.

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.
Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.