• Numbered Discourses 3.113 Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.113
  • 12. Bound for Loss 12. Āpāyikavagga

Bound for Loss Āpāyikasutta

“Mendicants, these three are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault. “Tayome, bhikkhave, āpāyikā nerayikā idamappahāya. What three? Katame tayo?

Someone who is unchaste, but claims to be chaste; Yo ca abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño, someone who makes a groundless accusation of unchastity against a person whose chastity is pure; yo ca suddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ carantaṁ amūlakena abrahmacariyena anuddhaṁseti, and someone who has the view, ‘There is nothing wrong with sensual pleasures,’ so they throw themselves into sensual pleasures. yo cāyaṁ evaṁvādī evaṁdiṭṭhi: ‘natthi kāmesu doso’ti, so tāya kāmesu pātabyataṁ āpajjati.

These are the three who are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault.” Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo āpāyikā nerayikā idamappahāyā”ti.

Paṭhamaṁ.