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Numbered Discourses 4.84 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.84

9. Confirmed – 9. Macalavagga

AN 4.84 Valuing Anger – Kodhagarusutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell.

“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

1.2

What four?

Katamehi catūhi?

1.3

They value anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor rather than the true teaching.

Kodhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, makkhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, lābhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, sakkāragaru hoti na saddhammagaru—

1.4

Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell.

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

2.1

Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven.

Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.

2.2

What four?

Katamehi catūhi?

2.3

They value the true teaching rather than anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor.

Saddhammagaru hoti na kodhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na makkhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na lābhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na sakkāragaru—

2.4

Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.”

imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.

2.5

 

Catutthaṁ.