Ānandasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1489

[1489] "Friend (āvuso), such immorality (dussīlya) as that, possessed of which an unlearned worldling (assutavā puthujjano), with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell (apāya, duggati, vinipāta, niraya) — such immorality is not found in him [the noble disciple]. And, friend, such virtues dear to the noble ones (ariyakantāni sīlāni) as those, possessed of which a noble disciple (ariyasāvaka), with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world — such virtues dear to the noble ones are found in him: unbroken … conducive to concentration (samādhi)."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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