AN.4.214. Pāṇātipātīsutta ("Killing Living Creatures")

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“Someone with four qualities is cast down to hell. … They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, and lie. … Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven. … They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, or lie. …”



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