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The Discourse on One Who Deserves Dispraise
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"Monks, one endowed with four qualities is deposited in hell as if carried there.
With which four?
Without investigating and without scrutinising, he praises one who deserves dispraise; without investigating and without scrutinising, he dispraises one who deserves praise; without investigating and without scrutinising, he displays confidence in a matter not inspiring confidence; without investigating and without scrutinising, he displays distrust in a matter inspiring confidence -
Monks, one endowed with these four qualities is deposited in hell as if carried there.
"Monks, one endowed with four qualities is deposited in heaven as if carried there. With which four? Having investigated and scrutinised, he dispraises one who deserves dispraise; having investigated and scrutinised, he praises one who deserves praise; having investigated and scrutinised, he displays distrust in a matter not inspiring confidence; having investigated and scrutinised, he displays confidence in a matter inspiring confidence - Monks, one endowed with these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if carried there." The third.