AN 5.294–302A Jain Ascetic, Etc.
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nigaṇṭhasuttādi
Why various ascetics are cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
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– Numbered Discourses 5.294–302
– 28. Abbreviated Texts on Training Rules
A Jain Ascetic, Etc.
“A Jain ascetic … disciple of the shavelings … a matted-hair ascetic … a wanderer … a follower of Māgaṇḍiya … a trident-bearing ascetic … a follower of the unobstructed … a follower of Gotama … a performer of rituals for the gods … with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What five? They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants. With these five qualities they’re placed in hell as if delivered there.”
The “…” is an abbreviation carried over from the Pāli original itself, called peyyāla. The early canon was memorized and recited, so passages repeated verbatim from a preceding discourse were commonly contracted to an elision mark rather than written out in full. Venerable Thích Minh Châu's translation preserves this convention. Some texts therefore look short — but that is the canonical form, not missing content or a truncated translation. The elided passages can be read in full in the preceding discourses of the same chapter.
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