An Explanation on Principles

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Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dasakanipātapāḷi
Pañcamapaṇṇāsakaṃ
Karajakāyavaggo
Paṭhamanirayasaggasuttaṃ

By ten, almsmen, principles coming along together, the laying down is as brought so into hell. By which ten?

Here, almsmen, someone:

1) is attacking the breath. Gruesome, rough handling, settle down having struck and beaten, showing no sympathy in the breath of all essences.

2) is taking the not given. Therefor what is of others, others their provisions and properties, either gone from village or gone from forest, is therefor taken; as the taken up is recognized as theft.

3) is wrongly conducting with lusts. That she guarded by mother, guarded by father, guarded by mother and father, guarded by brothers, guarded by sisters, guarded by relatives, guarded by the family, guarded by principle of her husband is rendered liable to punishment, nearby also when encircled with chaplet or garland, underwent a conduct like that with that form.

4) is falsely theorizing. Gone to a council, gone to an assembly, gone to the middle of relatives, gone to a guild, gone to the middle of royals brought face to face and asked: 'Come, look here man, what you familiarizes, may you say that', Either not familiar he says 'I am familiar' or familiar he says 'I am not familiar', or not seeing he says 'I do see', or seeing he says 'I do not see'. Thus for the reason of one self, or for the reason of others, or for the reason of sports, he is aware of the falsehood from the talk.

5) is gossiping. Having heard from here he tells there of them, for the breaking up, or having heard of them there he tells of them, for the breaking up. Thus for breaking up or of the united or of the broken, benefitting the delightment in groups, enjoyment in groups, joy in groups. The speech from the talk is for making groups.

6) is abusive in speech. What he speeches is from testosterone, rough, bitter to others, scolding all round, bordering on hostility. The speech from the talk is having a form like that, without leading to concentration.

7) is deceptively wording. Theorizing untimely, theorizing not about the essence, theorizing for unsettlement, theorizing without principles, theorizing without discipline. The speech from the talk is with non-situational hedging, not by the time, without arguments. Unlimited hedging, put together for unsettlement.

8) is avaricious. Therefor what from others is others's their provisions and properties therefor he is avaricious: 'Lo! what is of the other, therefor may it exist for me'

9) is angry minded. Intellectually wicked of attitude: 'these beings or let them be killed, or let them be bounded, or let them be annihilated, or let them perish, or do not let them become.'

10) is of wrong view. Having the views reversed: 'Not exists the given, not exists the sacrificed, not exists the offered, not exists fruitfully ripening of well done and badly done actions, not exists this world, not exists the other world, not exists mother, not exists father, not exists beings from spontaneous attainment, not exists in the world recluses and clergymen having rightly gone, having rightly opposed, having realised, who publicise having acquainted by one's own and this world and the other world.'

OK by these, almsmen, ten principles coming along together, the laying down is as brought so into hell.

By ten, almsmen, principles coming along together, the laying down is as brought so into heaven. By which ten?

Here, almsman, someone:

1) is giving up attacking the breath, the abstaining is from attacking the breaths. Laid down sticks, laid down lances, conscientious dwells compassionate to the fallen, toasting to the welfare of all essences.

2) is giving up taking the not given, the abstaining is from taking the not given. Therefor what is of others, others their provisions and properties, either gone from village or gone from forest, is therefor not taken; as the taking up is recognized as theft.

3) is giving up the wrong conduct on lust, the abstaining is from wrong conduct on lusts. That she guarded by mother, guarded by father, guarded by mother and father, guarded by brothers, guarded by sisters, guarded by relatives, guarded by the family, guarded by principle of her husband is rendered liable to punishment, nearby also when encircled with chaplet or garland, not underwent a conduct like that with that form.

4) is giving up falsely theorising, the abstaining is from false theories. Gone to a council, gone to an assembly, gone to the middle of relatives, gone to a guild, gone to the middle of royals brought face to face and asked: 'Come, look here man, what you familiarizes, may you say that', Either not familiar he says 'I am familiar' or familiar he says 'I am not familiar', or not seeing he says 'I do see', or seeing he says 'I do not see'. Thus for the reason of one self, or for the reason of others, or for the reason of sports, he is aware of the falsehood from the talk.

5) is giving up gossiping, the abstaining is from gossiping speech. Having heard from here he not tells there of them for the breaking up, or there having heard of them there, he tells no falsehood for the breaking up. Thus or for consolidating of the broken or for keeping together, benefitting the delightment in unity, enjoyment in unity, joy in unity. The speech from the talk is for making unity.

6) is giving up abusive speech, the abstaining is from abusive speech. Whatever the speech that is not silty, happy to the ear, heading to the heart, gracious to the population, appealing to the population; the speech from the talk is having a form like that.

7) is giving up deceptively wording, the abstaining is from deceptive wording. Theorizing timely, theorizing about the essence, theorizing for settlement, theorizing with principles, theorizing with discipline. The speech from the talk is with situational hedging, by the time, with arguments. Limited hedging, put together for settlement.

8) is not avaricious. Therefor what from others is other's their provisions and properties therefor he is not avaricious: 'Lo! what is of the other, therefor may it exist for me'

9) is not angry minded. Not intellectually wicked of attitude: 'These beings may they become not hostile, not angry, may they not kill, may they maintain themselves happy'.

10) is of right view. Not having the views reversed: 'Exists the given, exists the sacrificed, exists the offered, exists fruitfully ripening of well done and badly done action, exists this world, exists the other world, exists mother, exists father, exists beings from spontaneous attainment, exists in the world recluses and clergyman having rightly gone, having rightly opposed, having realised, who publicise having acquainted by one's own and this world and the other world.'

OK by these, almsmen, ten principles coming along together, the laying down is as brought so into heaven.