“Bhikkhus, these four are blemishes of an assembly. What four? A bhikkhu who is immoral, of bad character; a bhikkhunī who is immoral, of bad character; a male lay follower who is immoral, of bad character; and a female lay follower who is immoral, of bad character. These four are blemishes of an assembly.
“Bhikkhus, these four are adornments of an assembly. What four? A bhikkhu who is virtuous, of good character; a bhikkhunī who is virtuous, of good character; a male lay follower who is virtuous, of good character; and a female lay follower who is virtuous, of good character. These four are adornments of an assembly.”
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, and wrong view. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there.
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and right view.
One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.”
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, and ingratitude or non-thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there.
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.”
[4:214–19 follow the same pattern as 4:213, with the following qualities respectively responsible for rebirth in hell and heaven.]
“...One destroys life, takes what is not given, engages in sexual misconduct, and speaks falsely....
“...One abstains from the destruction of life, from taking what is not given, from sexual misconduct, and from false speech....”
“... One is of wrong view, wrong intention, wrong speech, andwrong action....
“... One is of right view, right intention, right speech, and right action.... ”
“... One is of wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong concentration....
“... One is of right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.... ”
217 (7) Courses of Expression (1)
“... One says that one has seen what one has not seen; one says that one has heard what one has not heard; one says that one has sensed what one has not sensed; one says that one has cognized what one has not cognized.
“ One says that one has not seen what one has not seen; one says that one has not heard what one has not heard; one says that one has not sensed what one has not sensed; one says that one has not cognized what one has not cognized. ”
218 (8) Courses of Expression (2)
“. One says that one has not seen what one has seen; one says that one has not heard what one has heard; one says that one has not sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has not cognized what one has cognized....
“. One says that one has seen what one has seen; one says that one has heard what one has heard; one says that one has sensed what one has sensed; one says that one has cognized what one has cognized. ”
“... One is devoid of faith, immoral, morally shameless, and morally reckless....
“... One is endowed with faith, virtuous, and has a sense of moral shame and moral dread.... ”
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there. What four? One is devoid of faith, immoral, lazy, and unwise. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in hell as if brought there.
“Bhikkhus, one possessing four [other] qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? One is endowed with faith, virtuous, energetic, and wise. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.”