Cakkavattisutta 22
The Wheel-Turning Monarch 22
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22.1
Then those beings will think,
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‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing.
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Why don’t we do even more skillful things?
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What skillful thing should we do?
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Why don’t we refrain from stealing …
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sexual misconduct …
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lying …
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backbiting …
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harsh speech …
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and talking nonsense.
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Why don’t we give up covetousness …
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ill will …
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wrong view …
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three things:
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illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings.
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Why don’t we pay due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in our families? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’
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So that’s what they do.
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Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.
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Those people who live for twenty years will have children who live for forty years.
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Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years,
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then a hundred and sixty years,
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three hundred and twenty years,
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six hundred and forty years,
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2,000 years,
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4,000 years,
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8,000 years,
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20,000 years,
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