Apaṇṇakasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 13 · Section 107

[107] Householders, therein a wise person reflects thus: 'If there is no other world, then with the breakup of the body, after death, this worthy individual will have made himself safe. But if there is another world, then with the breakup of the body, after death, this worthy individual will be reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell. Now granted, let there be no other world, let the word of those worthy ascetics and brahmins be true — even so, this worthy individual is censured by the wise in this very life as an immoral individual, one of wrong view, a holder of the nihilist doctrine (natthikavāda). But if there really is another world, then this worthy individual has made a losing throw (kaliggāha) on both counts: in this very life he is censured by the wise, and with the breakup of the body, after death, he will be reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell.' Thus this incontrovertible teaching (apaṇṇaka dhamma), badly grasped and badly undertaken by him, extends to cover one side only and abandons the wholesome alternative.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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