← Sutta collectionITI32So It Was Said 32SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.So It Was Said 32The Book of the TwosChapter OneEthics (1st)This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.“Mendicants, a person with two qualities is cast down to hell.What two?Bad conduct and bad view.A person who has these two qualities is cast down to hell.”The Buddha spoke this matter.On this it is said:“If a person possessesthese two qualities—bad conductand bad views—when their body breaks up, that witless personis reborn in hell.”This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.