[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Nandikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of Nandika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000) › 4 # འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱ་མད 4 The Sūtra of Nandika 4 - **Language:** English ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.4) (1) One will experience the hostility of those whose spouses one has led astray;⁵¹ (2) one will quarrel with one’s spouse; (3) one’s non-virtuous qualities will increase and one’s virtuous qualities will decrease; (4) one will have no peace;⁵² (5) one’s son and wife will be unprotected;⁵³ (6) one’s wealth will be unguarded and unprotected, one’s house will be unguarded and unprotected, and one’s life will be unguarded and unprotected;⁵⁴ (7) one will not be trusted by one’s friends, relatives, kinsmen, and ministers;⁵⁵ (8) since one will commit and accumulate deeds leading to rivalry,⁵⁶ (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 and becomes a woman, she will have a husband who has rival women, and if one becomes a man, he will not be able to protect his son and wife. Nandika, these ten negative consequences of sexual misconduct should be known. “Nandika, these ten negative consequences of telling lies should be known. What are the ten? (1) One’s mouth will be foul-smelling; (2) one will be abandoned by the protective⁵⁷ deities of the body and will become vulnerable to non-humans; (3) even when one speaks the truth, one’s words will be distrusted; (4) even when one’s assistance is needed, the learned will not think of asking; (5) untrue calumnies about oneself will spread; (6) one will be unworthy of respect;⁵⁸ (7) one will experience suffering and sadness;⁵⁹ (8) since one will commit and accumulate deeds leading to many false accusations, (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 transmigrating from there, - [Previous: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.3) - [Next: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo.4) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.4) · Pramāṇa