འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྒྱ་མཚས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 10

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are the paths of the ten nonvirtues. If one has predominantly resorted to, cultivated, and engaged in them to a great extent, that is cause for birth in the hell realms. If one has engaged in them to a middling extent, that is cause for birth in the realm of animals. If one has engaged in them to a lesser extent, then that is cause for birth in the realm of the Lord of Death.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, those who have practiced, cultivated, and engaged in killing to a great extent will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm, they will experience two consequences: their lives will be shortened, and they will be sickly.

“Those who steal will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm, they will experience two consequences: they will have few resources and their resources will be ordinary.

“Those who engage in sexual misconduct will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm, they will experience two consequences: their followers will not be trustworthy, and their wives will be adversarial.

“Those who engage in lying will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm, they will experience two consequences: they will be greatly criticized, and they will be deceived by others.

“Those who engage in slander will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm, they will experience two consequences: their attendants will be fractious and have bad characters.

“Those who use harsh words will be led to the hell realms, to the animal realm, or to the realm of the Lord of Death. Even if they are subsequently born in the human realm,