འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱ་མད 3

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Nandika, these ten negative consequences of killing should be known.

“Nandika, these ten negative consequences of taking what is not given should be known. What are the ten?⁴⁰ (1) One will incur great hostility; (2) one will be highly anxious;⁴¹ (3) one will act at the wrong time, one will act late in the day;⁴² (4) one will be surrounded⁴³ by non-virtuous friends; (5) one will be abandoned by virtuous friends; (6) one will have faulty discipline; (7) one will be troubled by kings,⁴⁴ by thieves,⁴⁵ and by punishments;⁴⁶ (8) since one will commit and accumulate deeds leading to the loss of wealth, (9) after the dissolution of the body and death, one will fall into the lower realms, the bad destinations, and be reborn in the hells; (10) even if, after dying and transmigrating from there, one is born in this world as a human, no matter where one is born, one will be poor.⁴⁷ The wealth one has obtained, acquired with great effort,⁴⁸ by the sweat of one’s brow, through the strength of one’s arms and legs, will be threatened by the five troubles. What are the five? One’s property⁴⁹ will be laid waste by kings, fire, water, disgruntled heirs, and secrets.⁵⁰ Nandika, these ten negative consequences of taking what is not given should be known.

“Nandika, these ten negative consequences of sexual misconduct should be known. What are the ten?