དག་བ་དང་མ་དག་བའ་ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་སྨན་པ་བསྟན་པའ་མད 12

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even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: they will be poor, and they will be powerless as their wealth is shared.¹⁶³ Those who commit sexual misconduct will fall into the three lower realms; even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: their wives will be unchaste as the senior and junior wives quarrel, and their wishes will not be fulfilled.¹⁶⁴ Those who tell lies will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁶⁵ even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: they will be denigrated by others, and they will be deceived by everyone in the future. Those who use divisive speech will fall into the three lower realms; even if they are born as humans, they will lose their friends, they will have bad friends, and they will be jealous.¹⁶⁶ Those who pronounce harsh words will fall into the three lower realms; even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: they will always hear many unpleasant sounds, and everything they say will be disputed as faulty.¹⁶⁷ Those who make meaningless chatter will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁶⁸ even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: no one will believe them even if they tell the truth, and everything they say will remain unclear.¹⁶⁹ Those who commit misdeeds under the influence of desire will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁷⁰ even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: they will be attached to wealth without ever being content, and their wishes will never be fulfilled no matter how hard they try.¹⁷¹ Those who commit misdeeds under the influence of anger will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁷² even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: others will always try to take advantage of them, and they will always be harmed by others.¹⁷³ Those who commit misdeeds under the influence of wrong views will fall into the three lower realms;¹⁷⁴ even if they are born as humans, they will experience two types of karmic ripening: they will always be reborn in the households of persons with wrong views, and they will be crafty.¹⁷⁵ O heirs of the victorious ones, those ten nonvirtues are the causes for having to suffer much misery!”