dhp306:0.1Minor Collection
dhp306:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 306–319
dhp306:0.322. Hell
dhp306:1A liar goes to hell,
dhp306:2as does one who denies what they did.
dhp306:3Both are equal in the hereafter,
dhp306:4those men of base deeds.
dhp307:1Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth
dhp307:2are unrestrained and wicked.
dhp307:3Being wicked, they are reborn in hell
dhp307:4due to their bad deeds.
dhp308:1It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained
dhp308:2to eat an iron ball,
dhp308:3scorching, like a burning flame,
dhp308:4than to eat the nation’s alms.
dhp309:1Four things befall a heedless man
dhp309:2who sleeps with another’s wife:
dhp309:3wickedness, poor sleep,
dhp309:4ill-repute, and rebirth in hell.
dhp310:1He accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place,
dhp310:2all so a frightened couple may snatch a moment’s pleasure,
dhp310:3for which rulers impose a heavy punishment.
dhp310:4That’s why a man should not sleep with another’s wife.
dhp311:1When kusa grass is wrongly grasped
dhp311:2it only cuts the hand.
dhp311:3So too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken,
dhp311:4drags you to hell.
dhp312:1Any lax act,
dhp312:2any corrupt observance,
dhp312:3or suspicious spiritual life,
dhp312:4is not very fruitful.
dhp313:1If one is to do what should be done,
dhp313:2one should staunchly strive.
dhp313:3For the life gone forth when laxly led
dhp313:4just stirs up dust all the more.
dhp314:1A bad deed is better left undone,
dhp314:2for it will plague you later on.
dhp314:3A good deed is better done,
dhp314:4one that does not plague you.
dhp315:1As a frontier city
dhp315:2is guarded inside and out,
dhp315:3so you should ward yourselves—
dhp315:4don’t let the moment pass you by.
dhp315:5For if you miss your moment
dhp315:6you’ll grieve when sent to hell.
dhp316:1Unashamed of what is shameful,
dhp316:2ashamed of what is not shameful;
dhp316:3beings who uphold wrong view
dhp316:4go to a bad place.
dhp317:1Seeing danger where there is none,
dhp317:2and blind to the actual danger,
dhp317:3beings who uphold wrong view
dhp317:4go to a bad place.
dhp318:1Seeing fault where there is none,
dhp318:2and blind to the actual fault,
dhp318:3beings who uphold wrong view
dhp318:4go to a bad place.
dhp319:1Knowing a fault as a fault
dhp319:2and the faultless as faultless,
dhp319:3beings who uphold right view
dhp319:4go to a good place.