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AN 3.113

Bound for Loss

Āpāyikasutta

from: 12. Bound for Loss

Bound for Loss

“Mendicants, these three are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault. What three?

Someone who is unchaste, but claims to be chaste; someone who makes a groundless accusation of unchastity against a person whose chastity is pure; and someone who has the view, ‘There is nothing wrong with sensual pleasures,’ so they throw themselves into sensual pleasures.

These are the three who are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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