iti.64 Itivuttaka

Misconduct

This was said by the Lord …

“Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of misconduct. What are the three? Misconduct by body, misconduct by speech, and misconduct by mind. These are the three.”

Having performed misconduct
By body, misconduct by speech,
Misconduct by mind, and whatever else
Is reckoned a fault—

Not having done a good deed
And done much that is bad—
When his body perishes
That foolish one is reborn in hell.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Bad Conduct

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three kinds of bad conduct.
What three?
Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
These are the three kinds of bad conduct.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Having done bad things
by way of body,
speech, and mind,
and whatever else is corrupt;
not having done good deeds,
and having done many bad,
when their body breaks up, that witless person
is reborn in hell.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.