Itivuttaka 32

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32. Pathamasilasuttam (Immorality Leads To Hell)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Endowed with two things, monks, a person—as if carried off—is thus placed in hell. Which two? Evil habits & evil views. Endowed with these two things, a person—as if carried off—is thus placed in hell.”

Evil habits & evil views: [1] a person, undiscerning, endowed with these two things, at the break-up of the body reappears in hell.

NOTE: 1. MN 22 gives the following example of an evil view: “As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Lord Buddha, those acts the Lord Buddha says are obstructive, when indulged in, are not genuine obstructions.” MN 38 gives another example: “As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Lord Buddha, it is just this consciousness that runs and wanders on [from birth to birth], not another.”