“Mendicants, you should not associate with a person who has ten qualities. What ten? They kill living creatures, steal, and commit sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view. You should not associate with a person who has these ten qualities.

You should associate with a person who has ten qualities. What ten? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view. You should associate with a person who has these ten qualities.”

“Mendicants, you should not frequent a person who has ten qualities … You should frequent …” “You should not pay homage … You should pay homage …” “You should not venerate … You should venerate …” “You should not praise … You should praise …” “You should not revere … You should revere …” “You should not defer to … You should defer to …” “A person is not a success … A person is a success …” “A person is not pure … A person is pure …” “A person does not win over conceit … A person wins over conceit …” “A person does not grow in wisdom … A person grows in wisdom …”

“A person who has these ten qualities creates much wickedness. … A person who has these ten qualities creates much merit. What ten? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view. A person who has these ten qualities creates much merit.”

The Numbered Discourses

|_【10】 The Book Of Tens

|__D. The Fourth Fifty

V. Another Chapter on Persons (Compilation)

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Translations [3]

English

Việt Ngữ

पाळिभासा (Pāli)

Reference