{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.168/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.168","id":"suttacentral_an10.168","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.168/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you the noble descent. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd what, mendicants, is the noble descent? It\u2019s when a noble disciple reflects: \u2018Killing living creatures has a bad result in the present life and in lives to come.\u2019 Reflecting like this, they give up killing living creatures, they descend from killing living creatures. \u2026 \u2018Stealing has a bad result in the present life and in lives to come.\u2019 Reflecting like this, they give up stealing, they descend from stealing. \u2026 \u2018Sexual misconduct has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from sexual misconduct. \u2026 \u2018Lying has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from lying. \u2026 \u2018Backbiting has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from backbiting. \u2026 \u2018Harsh speech has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from harsh speech. \u2026 \u2018Talking nonsense has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from talking nonsense. \u2026 \u2018Covetousness has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from covetousness. \u2026 \u2018Ill will has a bad result \u2026\u2019 \u2026 they descend from ill will. \u2026 \u2018Wrong view has a bad result both in the present life and in lives to come.\u2019 Reflecting like this, they give up wrong view, they descend from wrong view. This is called the noble descent.\u201d","title":"The Noble Descent","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":223}