Numbered Discourses
18. The Chapter on a Lay Follower

Hell

Aṅguttara Nikāya
18. Upāsakavagga
Nirayasutta
Numbered Discourses
18. The Chapter on a Lay Follower
Hell
Aṅguttara Nikāya
18. Upāsakavagga
Nirayasutta

Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.

Ruta suttaAN 5.173Sutta PiṭakaAṅguttara Nikāya5. Pañcakanipāta4. Catutthapaṇṇāsaka18. UpāsakavaggaNirayasutta
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“Mendicants, a lay follower with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.What five?They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi pañcahi? Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

“Mendicants, a lay follower with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.
“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
What five?
Katamehi pañcahi?
They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.
Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.
A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

“Mendicants, a lay follower with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti. A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

A lay follower with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.What five?They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi pañcahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

A lay follower with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.
Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.
What five?
Katamehi pañcahi?
They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.
Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.
A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

A lay follower with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti. A lay follower with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

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