ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་འགྱར་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ཆས་ཀྱ་གཞང 17

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the earth will lose its color;²¹⁹ as a consequence of stealing, the land will be hit by hail and infested by birds, mice, and insects; through the act of leading an unchaste life, one will be born in a place beset by fog, wind, dust, and dust storms; the karmic result of lying is a bad taste in one’s mouth, and one’s breath will be foul smelling; the karmic result of frequently exercising divisive speech is that one will be born in a land where the ground is uneven,²²⁰ rugged, and unclean—a land where the skin disease called rkong ²²¹ is prevalent and where heaps of stones are scattered everywhere; the karmic result of trivial talk is that one will be born in a country with many ravines, where the trees, branches, and foliage all have thorns, and which is covered by a dense jungle;²²² the karmic result of greed is that grain and fruit will be scanty; as a consequence of hatred,²²³ grain and fruit will be pungent, sour, and bitter; and through the act of holding wrong views and causing others to have wrong views, grain and fruit will be scanty and of inferior quality. By engaging in the ten nonvirtuous actions in this way, one’s external environment²²⁴ will deteriorate and one will be born in unpleasant places.”²²⁵

And the Bhagavān declared in addition, “Young brahmin,²²⁶ you should furthermore understand and know that there are ten negative consequences of killing.²²⁷ What are the ten? (1) One will have numerous enemies; (2) one will have an ugly appearance; (3) one’s life will be short; (4) one will think about evil actions; (5) one will frighten sentient beings; (6) one will constantly fall asleep feeling sad; (7) one will constantly awaken feeling sad; (8) one will dream about sins²²⁸ and later have regrets; (9) one will think about and carry out actions that lead to having a short lifespan; and (10) after one has died and parted with the physical body, one will fall down into bad states²²⁹ and be reborn in hell.

“The karmic ripening of stealing leads to ten negative consequences.²³⁰ What are the ten? (1) One will become an enemy; (2) one will feel qualms; (3) one will walk about inappropriately;²³¹ (4) one will roam about at night; (5) one will be conjoined with every evil companion;²³² (6) one will be bereft of any virtuous friends;²³³ (7) one will be incapable of keeping a household;²³⁴ (8) one will be put on trial and convicted by the king; (9) one will constantly think about and carry out actions