Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

218. Courses of Expression (2)

1"Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? One says that one has not seen what one has seen; one says that one has not heard what one has heard; one says that one has not sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has not cognized what one has cognized. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there.

2"Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? One says that one has seen what one has seen; one says that one has heard what one has heard; one says that one has sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has cognized what one has cognized. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there."

1… pe … Diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavādī hoti, sute asutavādī hoti, mute amutavādī hoti, viññāte aviññātavādī hoti … pe … diṭṭhe diṭṭhavādī hoti, sute sutavādī hoti, mute mutavādī hoti, viññāte viññātavādī hoti.


Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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