Itivuttaka 20

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20. Padutthacittasuttam (Corrupt-mindedness)

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

“Monks, there is the case where a certain person is corrupt-minded. Having encompassed that mind with [my] awareness, I discern, ‘If this person were to die at this instant, then as if he were to be carried off, he would thus be placed in hell.’ Why is that? Because his mind is corrupt. It’s because of corrupt-mindedness that there are cases where beings—at the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell.”

Knowing the case of a corrupt-minded person, the One Awakened explained its meaning in the presence of the monks. If that person were to die at this instant, he’d reappear in hell because his mind is corrupt— as if he were carried off and placed there. It’s because of corrupt-mindedness that beings go to a bad destination.