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sn.55.15 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Fear of the Bad Place, the Underworld

“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place, the underworld.
What four?
It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …

the teaching …
the Saṅgha …
And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
A noble disciple who has these four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place, the underworld.”