Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.15
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 55.15
2. Rājakārāmavagga
2. The Royal Monastery
Duggativinipātabhayasutta
Fear of the Bad Place, the Underworld
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sabbaduggativinipātabhayaṁ samatikkanto hoti.
“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place, the underworld.
Katamehi catūhi?
What four?
Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.
Dhamme …pe…
the teaching …
saṅghe …pe…
the Saṅgha …
ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.
And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sabbaduggativinipātabhayaṁ samatikkanto hotī”ti.
A noble disciple who has these four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place, the underworld.”
Pañcamaṁ.