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who is reborn in the lower realms—for example, the tiger, the lion, the raven, the jackal, the bear,²⁸⁷ the spectacled cobra,²⁸⁸ ghosts, flesh-eating demons, and so forth. In this way, when a person behaves wickedly due to hatred, they will be reborn in the lower realms and with an unpleasant appearance, rough skinned and unattractive.

“What kind of person is reborn in the lower realms, in a foul-smelling place, with underdeveloped and slow faculties?²⁸⁹ A wicked person, whose wickedness is due to ignorance, who is reborn in the lower realms—for example, the muskrat, vermin, the constrictor,²⁹⁰ the louse, the black honeybee,²⁹¹ and other bugs,²⁹² as well as the twenty kinds of worms living in the human body. Such a person is reborn in the lower realms, in foul-smelling places, with underdeveloped and slow faculties.

“There are ten courses of action that are nonvirtuous. What are the ten? There are three actions of the body, four actions of speech, and three actions of the mind. The karmic ripening of those ten nonvirtuous courses of action causes the ten kinds of external things²⁹³ to deteriorate.²⁹⁴

“Through the karmic ripening²⁹⁵ of the nonvirtuous action of killing, the earth loses its vitality and luster.²⁹⁶ The karmic result equivalent to the action²⁹⁷ is that one will have a short lifespan.

“Through the karmic ripening of the nonvirtuous action of stealing, hail, birds, locusts, mice, vermin, ²⁹⁸ and so forth will appear on the earth and eat the crops. The karmic result equivalent to the action is that one will experience the loss of one’s wealth.

“Through the karmic ripening of the nonvirtuous action of sexual misconduct, bad-smelling herbs and forests will grow on the earth.²⁹⁹ The karmic result equivalent to the action is entering the state of a prosperous layman or laywoman. In this regard, there are three avadānas: the avadāna of Śvabhrapāda; the avadāna of Susudhī, the unfaithful wife of the king of Benares; and the avadāna of Kālodāyin³⁰⁰ in his former rebirth in Devāvataraṇa.³⁰¹

“Through the karmic ripening of the nonvirtuous action of lying