6.
The Discourse on the Flawless (Gaming Die)
119.
"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, etc.
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... etc. 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, etc. 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. Just as, monks, a flawless gaming die thrown upwards, however it lands, it lands firmly established, so too, monks, because of failure in morality, beings, etc. are reborn. 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, etc. 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... etc. 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... etc. because of accomplishment in view, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. Just as, monks, a flawless gaming die thrown upwards, however it lands, it lands firmly established, so too, monks, because of accomplishment in morality, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world, because of accomplishment in mind, beings... etc. because of accomplishment in view, 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 sixth.