Headman Tālapuṭa

1 discourse

SN 42.2 Tālapuṭa sutta - With Tālapuṭa

A headman of performers asks the Buddha about a belief that those who entertain by distortion of truth are reborn among laughing deities. The Buddha explains that such a mind leads to hell, and even holding such a belief is wrong view, resulting in rebirth in hell or the animal realm.

PTS 4.306–4.307