Chapter One

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, an individual with two qualities is cast down to hell.

What two?

Bad conduct and bad view.

A individual with these two qualities is cast down to hell.”

The Buddha spoke this matter.

On this it is said:

“If a person possesses

these two qualities—

bad conduct

and bad views—

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.