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But here, Ananda, a certain person here is a killer of living beings, is a taker of what is not given, is a wrongdoer in sensual pleasures, is a speaker of falsehood, is a speaker of divisive speech, is a speaker of harsh speech, is a speaker of idle chatter, is covetous, has a mind of ill-will, has wrong view. He, with the breaking up of the body, after death, reappears in a good destination, a heavenly world. Here, Ananda, a certain person here abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from wrongdoing in sensual pleasures, abstains from false speech, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter, is not covetous, has a mind free from ill-will, has right view. He, with the breaking up of the body, after death, reappears in a good destination, a heavenly world. But here, Ananda, a certain person here abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from wrongdoing in sensual pleasures, abstains from false speech, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter, is not covetous, has a mind free from ill-will, has right view. He, with the breaking up of the body, after death, reappears in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. Here, Ananda, a certain recluse or A brahmin, having undertaken ardour, having undertaken exertion, having undertaken application, having undertaken heedfulness, having undertaken right attention, touches such a concentration of mind that with his mind thus concentrated, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human, he sees a certain person— here a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given, a wrongdoer in sensual pleasures, a speaker of falsehood, a speaker of divisive speech, a speaker of harsh speech, a speaker of idle chatter, one who is covetous, one with an ill will in mind, one with wrong view— after the breaking up of the body, after death, reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. So he says this: ‘Indeed, sirs, there are evil deeds; there is a result of misconduct. I saw that person here a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given… one with wrong view— after the breaking up of the body, after death, reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell.’ So he says this: ‘Indeed, sirs, whoever is a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given… one with wrong view, all of them, after the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. Those who know this, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong.’ Thus, what he himself has known, what he himself has seen, what he himself has understood, that alone he asserts there with firmness and clinging, and declares: ‘This alone is true, anything else is empty.’ Here, Ananda, a certain ascetic or brahmin, having undertaken ardour, having undertaken exertion, having undertaken application, having undertaken heedfulness, having undertaken right attention, touches such a concentration of mind that with his mind thus concentrated, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human, he sees a certain person— here a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given… one with wrong view— after the breaking up of the body, after death, reborn in a good destination, the heavenly world. So he says this: ‘Indeed, sirs, there are no evil deeds; there is no result of misconduct.’ o. I saw a person – here a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given... of wrong view; after the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. He says thus: ‘Indeed, sirs, whoever is a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given... of wrong view, all such a one, after the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Those who know thus, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong.’ Thus, whatever he himself has known, himself seen, himself understood, that he strongly grasps, clings to, and declares: ‘This alone is true, anything else is foolish.’ Here, Ānanda, some ascetic or brahmin, by means of ardour, by means of exertion, by means of application, by means of heedfulness, by means of right attention, attains such a concentration of mind that with his mind thus concentrated, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing that of humans, he sees that person – here refraining from killing living beings, refraining from taking what is not given, refraining from sexual misconduct, refraining from false speech, refraining from malicious speech, refraining from harsh speech, refraining from idle chatter, not covetous, with a mind free from ill-will, of right view; after the breaking up of the body, after death, reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. He says thus: ‘Indeed, sirs, there are wholesome deeds, there is a result of good conduct. I saw a person – here refraining from killing living beings, refraining from taking what is not given... of right view; after the breaking up of the body, after death, reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world.’ He says thus: ‘Indeed, sirs, whoever refrains from killing living beings, refrains from taking what is not given... of right view, all such a one, after the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Those who know thus, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong.’ Thus, whatever he himself has known, himself seen, himself understood, that he... Then, he grasps firmly, clings to, and asserts: 'This alone is true, anything else is vain.' Here, Ananda, some ascetic or brahmin, by following ardour, by following exertion, by following application, by following diligence, by following right attention, attains such a concentration of mind. With his mind thus concentrated, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human sight, he sees a certain person. This person here refrained from taking life, (and so on), had right view. After the breaking up of the body, after death, he sees him reborn in a state of woe, a bad destination, a downfall, hell. He says this: 'Indeed, sirs, there are no good deeds, there is no result of good conduct. I saw a person here refraining from taking life, refraining from taking what is not given, (and so on), having right view. After the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a state of woe, a bad destination, a downfall, hell.' He says this: 'Indeed, sirs, whoever refrains from taking life, refrains from taking what is not given, (and so on), has right view, all such a one, after the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in a state of woe, a bad destination, a downfall, hell. Those who know this, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong.' Thus, whatever he himself has known, himself seen, himself understood, that alone he grasps firmly, clings to, and asserts there: 'This alone is true, anything else is vain.' 302. Therein, Ananda, as to what this ascetic or brahmin says: 'Indeed, sirs, there are evil deeds, there is a result of bad conduct' – this I allow him. And as to what he says: 'I saw a person here taking life, taking what is not given, (and so on), having wrong view. After the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a state of woe, a bad destination, a downfall, hell' – this too I allow him. But as to what he says: 'Indeed, sirs, whoever takes life, takes what is not given, (and so on), has wrong view, all such a one, after the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in a state of woe, a bad destination, a downfall, hell' – is reborn'— this I do not approve of him. And what he says thus: 'Those who know thus, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong'— this too I do not approve of him. And what he, whatever is known by himself, seen by himself, understood by himself, that he asserts there with force, with grasping, with adherence: 'This alone is truth, anything else is foolish'— this too I do not approve of him. For what reason? For otherwise, Ānanda, is the knowledge of the Tathāgata regarding the great analysis of kamma. Therein, Ānanda, that recluse or brahmin who says thus: 'Indeed, sirs, there are no evil deeds, there is no result of misconduct'— this I do not approve of him. But what he says thus: 'I indeed saw a person here who was a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given... ...of wrong view, after the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world'— this I do approve of him. But what he says thus: 'Indeed, sirs, whoever is a killer of living beings, a taker of what is not given... ...of wrong view, all of them, after the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world'— this I do not approve of him. And what he says thus: 'Those who know thus, they know rightly; those who know otherwise, their knowledge is wrong'— this too I do not approve of him. And what he, whatever is known by himself, seen by himself, understood by himself, that he asserts there with force, with grasping, with adherence: 'This alone is truth, anything else is foolish'— this too I do not approve of him. For what reason? For otherwise, Ānanda, is the knowledge of the Tathāgata regarding the great analysis of kamma. Therein, Ānanda, that recluse or brahmin who says thus: 'Indeed, sirs, there are wholesome deeds, there is a result of good conduct'— this I do approve of him. And what he says thus: 'I indeed saw a person here who abstained from killing living beings, abstained from taking what is not given... ...of right view, after the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a good destination,