[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [དགེ་བ་དང་མི་དགེ་བའི་ལས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་སྨིན་པ་བསྟན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355) › [Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000) › 11 # དག་བ་དང་མ་དག་བའ་ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་སྨན་པ་བསྟན་པའ་མད 11 Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions 11 - **Language:** English ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.11) and all their joints will blaze with fire as they move around. Those who are inclined to be naked in this life will be reborn as featherless, ever-crying birds.¹⁵⁰ Those who bring home the remainders of the food consumed in feast offerings in this life will fall into the hell of blazing iron in their next life; even if they are born as humans, they will suffer from throat diseases and have short lifespans. Those whose foreheads do not touch the floor when prostrating to the buddhas in this life will fall into the upside-down hell in their next life; even if they are reborn as humans, they will be condemned and deceived by all. Those who do not join their palms together when prostrating to the buddhas in this life will be reborn in borderlands in their next life; there, they will engage in great amounts of work with minimal results. Those who sleep through their chanting without being able to get up in this life will be reborn as snakes in their next life;¹⁵¹ with long and large bodies, they will end up being devoured by every male and female insect. Those who unevenly join their hands while prostrating to the buddhas in this life will, in their next life, fall into the hell where their hands are tightly bound behind their backs;¹⁵² even if they are reborn as humans, they will be caught up in disputes.¹⁵³ Those who, in this life, single pointedly¹⁵⁴ prostrate to the buddhas with their palms joined and their five physical points¹⁵⁵ touching the floor will always be mighty and happy wherever they are born. “Being joyless and short tempered in this life comes from having been a beast of burden.¹⁵⁶ Being cross-eyed in this life comes from having glanced at¹⁵⁷ the wives of others. Those who are pressured by their wives to oppose their parents¹⁵⁸ in this life will fall into the hell of tongue cutting. Those who crave for alcohol in this life will be reborn as water insects in their next life;¹⁵⁹ even if they are reborn as humans, they will die from diseases involving muscle pain and uncomfortable breathing.¹⁶⁰ “Nanda,¹⁶¹ all the many different types of suffering I have described come about on the basis of nonvirtuous actions. At worst, those actions will cause one to fall into the hell realms. Next, they will cause one to be reborn in the animal realms. At best, they will cause one to be reborn in the realms of hungry ghosts. “Those who take lives will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁶² - [Previous: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.10) - [Next: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [དགེ་བ་དང་མི་དགེ་བའི་ལས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་སྨིན་པ་བསྟན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355.11) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.11) · Pramāṇa