Lying

Musāvādasutta

Lying

Musāvādasutta

EN
“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What four? They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.
PL
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi catūhi? Musāvādī hoti, pisuṇavāco hoti, pharusavāco hoti, samphappalāpī hoti— imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
EN
Someone with four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What four? They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. Someone with these four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”
PL
Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi catūhi? Musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti, samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti— imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.
PL
Dutiyaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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