3.
The Discourse on the Seven Actions
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"I will teach you, monks, the bad person and one worse than a bad person;
the good person and one better than a good person.
Listen to that, etc.
"And what, monks, is a bad person? 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, a bad person.
"And what, monks, is one worse than a bad person? Here, monks, a certain one himself is one who kills living beings, and instigates others in killing living beings; he himself takes what is not given, and instigates others in taking what is not given; he himself engages in sexual misconduct, and instigates others in sexual misconduct; he himself is a liar, and instigates others in lying; he himself speaks divisive speech, and instigates others in divisive speech; he himself speaks harsh speech, and instigates others in harsh speech; he himself engages in idle chatter, and instigates others in idle chatter. This is called, monks, one worse than a bad person.
"And what, monks, is a good person? 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, a good person.
"And what, monks, is one better than a good person? Here, monks, a certain one himself abstains from killing living beings, and encourages others to abstain from killing living beings; he himself abstains from taking what is not given, and encourages others to abstain from taking what is not given; he himself abstains from sexual misconduct, and encourages others to abstain from sexual misconduct; he himself abstains from lying, and encourages others to abstain from lying; he himself abstains from divisive speech, and encourages others to abstain from divisive speech; he himself abstains from harsh speech, and encourages others to abstain from harsh speech; he himself abstains from idle chatter, and encourages others to abstain from idle chatter. This is called, monks, one better than a good person." The third.