Aṅguttara Nikāya

022. Sāmaññavaggo –– The general section

221. Bhikkhus, endowed with ten things as though led and lain is in hell. What ten?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one destroys living things, with bloody hands is engaged in destroying living things without compassion for any living thing ... takes the not given, ... re ... misbehaves sexually, ... re ... tells lies, ... re ... slanders, ... re ... talks roughly, ... re ... talks frivolously, ... re ... covets, ... re ... bears an angry mind, ... re ... is with wrong view, with reversed vision: there are no results for giving ... re ... declare by themsselves having realized. Bhikkhus, endowed with these ten things, one is in hell as though led and lain there.

Bhikkhus, endowd with ten things as though led and lain is in heaven. What ten?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one giving up destroying living things, throwing away stick and weapon abides with compassion for all living things. Gives up, taking the not given, ... re ... sexual misbehaviur, ... re ... telling lies, ... re ... slandering, ... re ... talking roughly, ... re ... frivolous talk ... re ... Does not covet, ... re ... abides dispelling anger from the mind, ... re ... becomes one with right view without a reversed vision: There are results for giving ... re ... having realized this and the other world declare it to the world. Bhikkhus, endowed with these ten things, one is in heaven as though led and lain there.

222. Bhikkhus, endowed with twenty things as though led and lain is in hell. What twenty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one destroys living things and rouses others to destroy living things. Takes the not given and rouses others to take the not given. Misbehaves sexually and rouses others to misbehave sexually. Tells lies and rouses others to tell lies. Slanders and rouses others to slander. Talks roughly and rouses others to talk roughly. Talks frivolously and rouses others to talk frivolously. Covets and rouses others to covet. Bears an angry mind and rouses others to bear angry minds. With wrong view and reversed vision rouses others to be with wrong view; with a reversed vision saying, “There are no results for giving ... re ... declare by themsselves having realized. Bhikkhus, endowed with these twenty things, one is in hell as though led and lain there.

Bhikkhus, endowd with twenty things as though led and lain is in heaven. What twenty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one giving up destroying living things, rouses others to abstain from destroying living things. Giving up, taking the not given rouses others to abstain from taking the not given. Abstaining from sexual misbehaviur, rouses others to abstain from sexual misbehaviour. Abstaining from telling lies, rouses others to abstain from telling lies. Abstaining from slandering, rouses others to abstain from slandering. Abstaining from talking roughly rouses others to abstain from talking roughly. Abstaining from frivolous talk rouses others to abstain from frivolous talk Abstaining from coveting rouses others to abstain from coveting. Abiding dispelling anger rouses others to dispel anger from the mind. Become one of right view, one with non reversed vision: rouses others to come to right view -Saying there are results for giving ... re ... having realized this and the other world declare it to the world. Bhikkhus, endowed with these twenty things, one is in heaven as though led and lain there.

223. Bhikkhus, endowed with thirty things as though led and lain is in hell. What thirty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one destroys living things, rouses others to destroy living things and gives permission to destroy living things. Takes the not given rouses others to take the not given and gives permission to take the not given. Misbehaves sexually, rouses others to misbehave sexually and gives permission for sexual misbehaviour. Tells lies, rouses others to tell lies and gives permission to tell lies. Slanders rouses others to slander and gives permission to slander. Talks roughly, rouses others to talk roughly and permits rough talkṬalks frivolously, rouses others to talk frivolously and permits frivolous talk. Covets, rouses others to covet and gives permission for coveting. Bears an angry mind rouses others to bear angry minds and permits it. With wrong view and reversed vision rouses others to be with wrong view; with a reversed vision, and permits wrong view, saying- There are no results for giving ... re ... declare by themselves having realized. Bhikkhus, endowed with these thirty things, one is in hell as though led and lain there.

Bhikkhus, endowd with thirty things as though led and lain is in heaven. What thirty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one giving up destroying living things, rouses others to abstain from destroying living things and acknowledges the sparing of living things Giving up, taking the not given rouses others to abstain from taking the not given and acknowledges not taking the not given. Abstaining from sexual misbehaviur, rouses others to abstain from sexual misbehaviour and does not acknowledge sexual misbehaviour. Abstaining from telling lies, rouses others to abstain from telling lies and does not acknowledge telling lies. Abstaining from slandering, rouses others to abstain from slandering and does not acknowledge slandering. Abstaining from talking roughly rouses others to abstain from talking roughly and does not acknowledge talking roughly. Abstaining from frivolous talk rouses others to abstain from frivolous talk and does not acknowledge frivolous talk. Abstaining from coveting rouses others to abstain from coveting and does not acknowledge coveting. Abiding dispelling anger rouses others to dispel anger and acknowledges freedom from anger. Become one of right view, one with non reversed vision: rouses others to come to right view and acknowledges the straightening of the view. -Saying there are results for giving ... re ... having realized this and the other world declare it to the world. Bhikkhus, endowed with these thirty things, one is in heaven as though led and lain there.

224. Bhikkhus, endowed with forty things as though led and lain is in hell. What forty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one destroys living things, rouses others to destroy living things gives permission to destroy living things and praises the destruction of living things. Takes the not given rouses others to take the not given, gives permission to take the not given and praises taking the not given. Misbehaves sexually, rouses others to misbehave sexually gives permission for sexual misbehaviour and praises sexual misbehaviour. Tells lies, rouses others to tell lies, gives permission to tell lies and praises telling lies. Slanders rouses others to slander, gives permission to slander and praises slandering. Talks roughly, rouses others to talk roughly, permits rough talk and praises rough talkṬalks frivolously, rouses others to talk frivolously, praises and permits frivolous talk. Covets, rouses others to covet and gives permission for coveting and praises coveting. Bears an angry mind rouses others to bear angry minds praises and permits it. With wrong view and reversed vision rouses others to be with wrong view; with a reversed vision, permits and praises wrong view, saying- There are no results for giving ... re ... declare by themselves having realized. Bhikkhus, endowed with these forty things, one is in hell as though led and lain there.

Bhikkhus, endowd with forty things as though led and lain is in heaven. What forty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one giving up destroying living things, rouses others to abstain from destroying living things, acknowledges and praises the sparing of living things Giving up, taking the not given rouses others to abstain from taking the not given and acknowledges and praises not taking the not given. Abstaining from sexual misbehaviur, rouses others to abstain from sexual misbehaviour not acknowledging sexual misbehaviour does not praise it. Abstaining from telling lies, rouses others to abstain from telling lies does not acknowledge and praise telling lies. Abstaining from slandering, rouses others to abstain from slandering, does not acknowledge and praise slandering. Abstaining from talking roughly rouses others to abstain from talking roughly does not acknowledge and praise talking roughly. Abstaining from frivolous talk rouses others to abstain from frivolous talk does not acknowledge and praise frivolous talk. Abstaining from coveting rouses others to abstain from coveting does not acknowledge and praise coveting. Abiding dispelling anger rouses others to dispel anger, acknowledges and praises freedom from anger. Become one of right view, one with non reversed vision: rouses others to come to right view acknowledges and praises the straightening of the view. -Saying there are results for giving ... re ... having realized this and the other world declare it to the world. Bhikkhus, endowed with these forty things, one is in heaven as though led and lain there.

225-228 “Bhikkhus, endowed with ten things he maintains himself wounded and destroyed ... re ... maintains himself not wounded and destroyed ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with twenty things ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with thirty things, ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with forty things, ... re ...

229-232 “Bhikkhus, endowed with ten things a certain one after death goes to loss, to decrease, to hell ... re ... a certain one after death goes to gain, to increase, to heaven. Bhikkhus, endowed with twenty things ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with thirty things, ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with forty things a certain one after death goes to loss, to decrease, to hell, ... re ... a certain one goes to gain, to increase, to heaven.

233-236 “Bhikkhus, endowed with ten things the fool should be known ... re ... the wise one should be known ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with twenty things, ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with thirty things, ... re ... Bhikkhus, endowed with forty things the fool should be known, ... re ... the wise one should be known.