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The First Discourse on Hell and Heaven
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"Monks, one possessed of ten qualities is deposited in hell as if carried there.
Which ten?
Here, monks, a certain one is a killer of living beings, cruel, with bloody hands, devoted to striking and killing, without compassion for all living beings.
"He is one who takes what is not given. Whatever belongs to another, another's wealth and requisites, whether in the village or in the forest, that which is not given, reckoned a theft, he takes.
"He engages in sexual misconduct. Those women who are protected by the mother, protected by the father, protected by both mother and father, protected by the brother, protected by the sister, protected by relatives, protected by the clan, protected by co-religionists, having an owner, under penalty, even those encircled with a garland of flowers, he commits adultery with such women.
"He is a liar. Having gone to an assembly, or having gone to a company, or having gone among relatives, or having gone among a guild, or having gone among the royal court, being brought forward and questioned as a witness - 'Come, good man, tell what you know' - he, not knowing, says 'I know,' or knowing, says 'I do not know,' or not seeing, says 'I see,' or seeing, says 'I do not see.' Thus for his own sake, or for another's sake, or for the sake of some material gain, he becomes a conscious speaker of falsehood.
"He speaks divisive speech - Having heard here, he repeats it elsewhere to divide these people, or having heard elsewhere, he repeats it here to divide those people. Thus he is one who divides those who are united, or a supporter of those who are divided, rejoicing in discord, delighting in discord, taking delight in discord, he is a speaker of words that create discord.
"He speaks harsh speech - Whatever speech is rough, harsh, hurtful to others, offensive to others, bordering on wrath, not conducive to concentration, he speaks such speech.
"He engages in idle chatter, speaks at the wrong time, speaks what is not factual, speaks what is unbeneficial, speaks what is not the Teaching, speaks what is not the discipline; he speaks words not worth treasuring, at the wrong time, without reason, without limit, not connected with benefit.
"He is covetous. Whatever belongs to another, another's wealth and requisites, he covets - 'Oh, may what belongs to another be mine!'
"He has a mind of ill-will, with corrupt mental intentions - 'May these beings be killed, or bound, or annihilated, or destroyed, or may they not exist!'
"He 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.' Monks, one possessed of these ten qualities is deposited in hell as if carried there.
"Monks, one possessed of ten qualities is deposited in heaven as if carried there. Which ten? Here, monks, a certain one, having abandoned the killing of living beings, abstains from killing living beings; with rod laid down, with knife laid down, one who has shame, compassionate, he dwells concerned for the welfare of all living beings.
"Having abandoned taking what is not given, he abstains from taking what is not given. Whatever belongs to another, another's wealth and requisites, whether in the village or in the forest, that which is not given, reckoned a theft, he does not take.
"Having abandoned sexual misconduct, he abstains from sexual misconduct. Those women who are protected by the mother, etc. even those encircled with a garland of flowers, he does not commit adultery with such women.
"Having abandoned lying, he abstains from lying. Having gone to an assembly, or having gone to a company, or having gone among relatives, or having gone among a guild, or having gone among the royal court, being brought forward and questioned as a witness - 'Come, good man, tell what you know' - he, not knowing, says 'I do not know,' or knowing, says 'I know,' or not seeing, says 'I do not see,' or seeing, says 'I see.' Thus for his own sake, or for another's sake, or for the sake of some trifling material gain, he does not become a conscious speaker of falsehood.
"Having abandoned divisive speech, he abstains from divisive speech - having heard something here, he does not repeat it elsewhere to divide these people, or having heard something elsewhere, he does not repeat it here to divide those people. Thus he is one who reunites those who are divided, a promoter of those who are united, rejoicing in concord, delighting in concord, taking delight in concord, he is a speaker of words that create concord.
"Having abandoned harsh speech, he abstains from harsh speech. He speaks such words as are gentle, pleasing to the ear, affectionate, going to the heart, urbane, pleasing to many people and agreeable to many people.
"Having abandoned idle chatter, he abstains from idle chatter; he speaks at the right time, speaks what is factual, speaks what is beneficial, speaks on the Teaching and the discipline; he speaks words worth treasuring, timely, reasonable, well-defined, connected with the goal.
"He is non-covetous. Whatever belongs to another, another's wealth and requisites, he does not covet - 'Oh, may what belongs to another be mine!'
"He has a mind without ill-will, with uncorrupted mental intention - 'May these beings be free from enmity, free from affliction, free from trouble, may they look after themselves happily.'
"He holds right view, with undistorted vision - 'There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed, there is what is offered, there is fruit and result 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.' Monks, one possessed of these ten qualities is deposited in heaven as if carried there." The first.