5.
The Discourse on Failure and Accomplishment
118.
"There are these three failures, monks.
Which three?
Failure in morality, failure in mind, failure in view.
And what, monks, is failure in morality?
Here, monks, a certain one is one who kills living beings, takes what is not given, engages in sexual misconduct, is a liar, speaks divisive speech, speaks harsh speech, engages in idle chatter.
This is called, monks, failure in morality.
"And what, monks, is failure in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is covetous, has a mind of ill-will. This is called, monks, failure in mind.
"And what, monks, is failure in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds wrong view, has perverted vision - 'There is not what is given, there is not what is sacrificed, there is not what is offered, there is no result and consequence of good and bad actions, there is not this world, there is not the other world, there is not mother, there is not father, there are no spontaneously reborn beings, there are not in the world ascetics and brahmins who have gone the right way, who have rightly practised, who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, failure in view. Because of failure in morality, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell; because of failure in mind, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell; because of failure in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell. These, monks, are the three failures."
"There are these three accomplishments, monks. Which three? Accomplishment in morality, accomplishment in mind, accomplishment in view. And what, monks, is accomplishment in morality? Here, monks, a certain one abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from lying, abstains from divisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called, monks, accomplishment in morality.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in mind? Here, monks, a certain one is non-covetous, has a mind without ill-will. This is called, monks, accomplishment in mind.
"And what, monks, is accomplishment in view? Here, monks, a certain one holds right view, has undistorted vision - 'There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed, there is what is offered, there is result and consequence of good and bad actions, there is this world, there is the other world, there is mother, there is father, there are spontaneously reborn beings, there are in the world ascetics and brahmins who have gone the right way, who have rightly practised, who proclaim this world and the other world, having realised them by direct knowledge themselves.' This is called, monks, accomplishment in view. Because of accomplishment in morality, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world; because of accomplishment in mind, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world; because of accomplishment in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. These, monks, are the three accomplishments." The fifth.