These suttas were presented in October 2023.
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—The Path to the Ghost World “And then later on…I see that…he has reappeared in the realm of ghosts”
- MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—The Path to the Animal World “Suppose there was a sewer deeper than a man’s height, full to the brim with feces.”
- MN 12 Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—The Path to Hell “Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in hell, where they experience exclusively painful feelings, sharp and severe.”
- MN 129 From… Bālapaṇḍitasutta: The Foolish and the Astute—Animal World “There are animals who are born, live, and die in darkness.”
- MN 129 From… Bālapaṇḍitasutta: The Foolish and the Astute—Simile for Hell “It’s not easy to give a simile for how painful hell is”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 19.1 Aṭṭhisutta: A Skeleton “Oh, how incredible, how amazing! That there can be such a sentient being, such an entity, such an incarnation!”
- SN 55.14 Duggatibhayasutta: Fear of the Bad Place “A noble disciple who has four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place.”
- SN 56.102–113 Paṁsu Suttas: Dust “Few are the beings who, on passing away from the human realm, are reborn among human beings.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 2.1: Faults “The fault apparent in the present life, and the fault to do with lives to come.”
- AN 2.26: Misdeeds “When you hide your misdeeds, you can expect one of two destinies”
- AN 2.29 From… Bālavagga: 21 “There are two places waiting to receive an unethical person”
- AN 3.36 Devadūtasutta: Messengers “Good man, didn’t you see the first divine messenger that appeared among human beings?”
- AN 4.125 Paṭhamamettāsutta: Love (1st) “An ordinary person stays there until the lifespan of those gods is spent, then they go to hell or the animal realm or the ghost realm.”
- AN 4.213 Akataññutāsutta: Ungrateful “Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and being ungrateful and thankless.”
- AN 4.233 Vitthārasutta: Deeds in Detail “I declare these four kinds of deeds, having realized them with my own insight.”
- AN 5.145 Nirayasutta: Hell “Mendicants, someone with five qualities is cast down to hell.”
- AN 5.215 Paṭhamaakkhantisutta: Intolerance (1st) “There are these five drawbacks of intolerance.”
- AN 6.39 Nidānasutta: Sources “There are these three sources that give rise to deeds.”
- AN 8.29 Akkhaṇasutta: Inopportune Moments “The world has gained the opportunity! The world has gained the opportunity!”
- AN 10.177 Jāṇussoṇisutta: With Jānussoṇi “Does this gift really aid departed relatives and family?”
- AN 10.211 Paṭhamanirayasaggasutta: Hell (1) “Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, one is deposited in hell as if brought there.”
- AN 10.216 Saṁsappanīyasutta: Creeping “Thus a being is reborn from a being; one is reborn through one’s deeds.”
- AN 10.224: Untitled Discourse on Forty Qualities “Someone with forty qualities is cast down to hell.”
Khuddakapāṭha
- Kp 7 Tirokuṭṭasutta: Outside the Walls “Outside the walls they stand and wait, at the junctions and the crossroads.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 20 Paduṭṭhacittasutta: A Corrupt Mind “Beings go to a bad bourn Because of mind’s corruption.”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 3.10 Kokālikasutta: With Kokālika “Sir, how long is the life span in the Pink Lotus hell?”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 5.1 Maṇḍakadevaputta Sutta: Frog-Deva’s Mansion “In my previous life, I was a frog living in a lake.”
Peta Vatthu
- Pv 1.9 Mahāpesakāra Sutta: Master Weaver “What has she done for her to have to always feed on blood and pus?”
- Pv 2.2 Sāriputtatherassa Mātu Sutta: Sāriputta Bhante’s Mother “I was your mother in a previous life. Now I am living in the ghost world suffering from hunger and thirst.”
- Pv 3.7 Migaluddaka Sutta: The Deer-Hunter “I was a cruel deer hunter living in the city of Rajagaha.”
- Pv 4.10 Gaṇa Sutta: Large Group of Ghosts “What evil did you do by body, speech and mind to have come to this ghost world?”