Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXVII: Kamma-Patha Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter XXVII: Path of Action
Sutta 263
Kama Micchā-Cārī Suttaṃ
Approving (c)
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, one possessing four qualities
is put into purgatory
according to his deserts.
What four?
He himself is a wrong-doer in sense-desires
and encourages another to be a wrong-doer in sense-desires,
approves of being a wrong-doer in sense-desires
and speaks in praise of a wrong-doing in sense-desires.
Possessing these four qualities
one is put into purgatory
according to his deserts.
§
Monks, possessing four qualities
one is put into heaven
according to his deserts.
What four?
He himself abstains from wrong-doing in sense-desires,
encourages another to such abstinence
approves of abstaining from wrong-doing in sense-desires
and speaks in praise of abstaining from wrong-doing in sense-desires.
Possessing these four qualities
one is put into heaven
according to his deserts.
