Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXII: Parisa Sobhana Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter XXII: Corrupting
Sutta 214
Tatiya Niraya - Sagga-Nikkhitta Suttaṃ
Taking Life
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1] Thus have I heard:
On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, possessing four qualities
one is put into purgatory
according to his deserts.
What four?
Taking life,
stealing,
wrong conduct in sense-desires
falsehood.
These are the four.
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Monks, possessing four qualities
one is put into heaven
according to his deserts.
What four?
Abstaining from taking life,
abstaining from stealing,
abstaining from wrong conduct in sense-desires
abstaining from falsehood.
These are the four."
