Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

219. Morally Shameless

1"Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? One is devoid of faith, immoral, morally shameless, and morally reckless. 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 is endowed with faith, virtuous, and has a sense of moral shame and moral dread. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there."

1… pe … Assaddho hoti, dussīlo hoti, ahiriko hoti, anottappī hoti … pe … saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, hirimā hoti, ottappī hoti.


Navamaṁ.

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