4.
The Discourse on the Ten Actions
204.
"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, is covetous, has a mind of ill-will, holds wrong view. 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, etc. he himself is covetous, and instigates others in covetousness; he himself has a mind of ill-will, and instigates others in anger; he himself holds wrong view, and instigates others in wrong view. 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, etc. is non-covetous, has a mind without ill-will, holds right view. 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, etc. he himself is non-covetous, and encourages others in non-covetousness; he himself has a mind without ill-will, and encourages others in non-anger; he himself holds right view, and encourages others in right view. This is called, monks, one better than a good person." The fourth.