Ten Ways of Performing Deeds (SN14.27)

Linked Discourses 14.27

3. Ways of Performing Deeds

Ten Ways of Performing Deeds

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element:

those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures,

those who steal …

commit sexual misconduct …

lie …

backbite …

speak harshly …

talk nonsense …

are covetous …

are malicious …

have wrong view …

Those who refrain from killing living creatures …

who refrain from stealing …

who refrain from sexual misconduct …

who refrain from lying …

who refrain from backbiting …

who refrain from harsh speech …

who refrain from talking nonsense …

are not covetous …

are not malicious …

have right view with those who have right view.”