Bālapaṇḍitasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 471

[471] Bhikkhus, there is a further case. When a fool is seated on a chair, or lying on a bed, or resting on the ground, then the evil deeds he did in the past—misconduct by body, misconduct by speech, misconduct by mind—hang over him, hang down upon him, and settle down upon him at that time. Just as, bhikkhus, the shadows of great mountain peaks in the evening time hang over the earth, hang down upon it, and settle down upon it, even so, bhikkhus, when a fool is seated on a chair, or lying on a bed, or resting on the ground, then the evil deeds he did in the past—misconduct by body, misconduct by speech, misconduct by mind—hang over him, hang down upon him, and settle down upon him at that time. Thereupon, bhikkhus, the fool thinks thus: 'Alas, I have not done what is good, I have not done what is wholesome, I have not made a shelter against fear; I have done what is evil, I have done what is cruel, I have done what is wicked. When I pass on, I shall go to the destination of those who have not done what is good, who have not done what is wholesome, who have not made a shelter against fear, who have done what is evil, cruel, and wicked.' He sorrows, is distressed, laments, wails beating his breast, and falls into confusion. This, bhikkhus, is the third kind of suffering (dukkha) and grief that the fool experiences here and now.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.