Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Numbered Discourses 5.145

  1. At Tikaṇḍakī

Hell

“Mendicants, someone with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

What five?

They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.

Someone with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

Someone 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 beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.

Someone with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”