Ten Ways of Performing Deeds

“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, those who steal … commit sexual misconduct … lie … backbite … speak harshly … talk nonsense … are covetous … are malicious … have wrong view …

“Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Pāṇātipātino pāṇātipātīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; adinnādāyino …pe… kāmesumicchācārino … musāvādino … pisuṇavācā … pharusavācā … samphappalāpino samphappalāpīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; abhijjhāluno abhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; byāpannacittā byāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: “Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, Pāṇātipātino pāṇātipātīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; those who steal … adinnādāyino …pe… commit sexual misconduct … kāmesumicchācārino … lie … musāvādino … backbite … pisuṇavācā … speak harshly … pharusavācā … talk nonsense … samphappalāpino samphappalāpīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; are covetous … abhijjhāluno abhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; are malicious … byāpannacittā byāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; have wrong view … micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

Those who refrain from killing living creatures … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying … who refrain from backbiting … who refrain from harsh speech … who refrain from talking nonsense … are not covetous … are not malicious … have right view with those who have right view.”

Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; adinnādānā paṭiviratā …pe… kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā … musāvādā paṭiviratā … pisuṇāya vācāya … pharusāya vācāya … samphappalāpā paṭiviratā samphappalāpā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; anabhijjhāluno anabhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; abyāpannacittā abyāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.

Those who refrain from killing living creatures … Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; who refrain from stealing … adinnādānā paṭiviratā …pe… who refrain from sexual misconduct … kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā … who refrain from lying … musāvādā paṭiviratā … who refrain from backbiting … pisuṇāya vācāya … who refrain from harsh speech … pharusāya vācāya … who refrain from talking nonsense … samphappalāpā paṭiviratā samphappalāpā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; are not covetous … anabhijjhāluno anabhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; are not malicious … abyāpannacittā abyāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; have right view with those who have right view.” sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.