AN 3.149 - Asuci Sutta (Impure)
Translated by Bhikkhu Candana
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Candana source labels: 148. Site text ID: AN 3.149.

148. Asuci Sutta (Impure) Bhikkhus, by possessing three qualities, one lands in hell as if dragged and dropped there. What are these three qualities?

Impure bodily actions; impure speech and verbal actions; impure thoughts and mental actions.

Bhikkhus, by possessing these three qualities, one lands in hell as if dragged and dropped there.

But Bhikkhus, by possessing these other three qualities, one lands in heaven as if deposited there. And what are these three qualities?

Bodily actions that are pure; speech that is pure; and thoughts that are pure.

Bhikkhus, by possessing these other three qualities, one lands in heaven as if deposited there.