འཕགས་པ་ལགས་ཉས་ཀྱ་རྒྱ་དང་འབྲས་བ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 17

17

Those who in this life adulterate alcohol and give it to others will be reborn as water bugs after death.¹³¹ In the rare event that they are reborn in the human realm, they will die from swollen bodies and shortness of breath.”

The Blessed One said,¹³² “The multitudes of various forms of suffering that have been described all come about on account of the ten negative, nonvirtuous actions. At worst, they will serve as the causes and conditions for the hell realms. Failing that, they will serve as the causes and conditions for the animal realms. At best, they will serve as the causes and conditions for the hungry ghost realms.

“The inadmissible act of taking life will cause beings to fall into the hells, the animal realms, and the realm of the Lord of Death.¹³³ Even if they happen to be reborn as humans, they will experience two types of ripened results: a short lifespan and an abundance of disease.¹³⁴ The inadmissible act of taking what is not given causes beings to fall into the hells, the animal realms, and the realm of the Lord of Death.¹³⁵ Even if they happen to be reborn as humans, they will experience two types of ripened results: being poverty stricken and losing control over their wealth when it becomes collectivized.¹³⁶ The inadmissible act of sexual misconduct due to desire causes beings to fall into the hells, the animal realms, and the realm of the Lord of Death.¹³⁷ Even if they happen to be reborn as humans, they will experience two types of ripened results: their wives will be unfaithful, and their two wives will fight and not follow their will.¹³⁸ The inadmissible act of false speech causes beings to fall into the hells, the animal realms, and the realm of the Lord of Death.¹³⁹