{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.217/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.217","id":"suttacentral_an10.217","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.217/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I don\u2019t say that intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated are eliminated without being experienced. And that may be in this very life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering without experiencing intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated, I say. Now, there are three kinds of corruption and failure of bodily action that have unskillful intention, with suffering as their outcome and result. There are four kinds of corruption and failure of verbal action that have unskillful intention, with suffering as their outcome and result. There are three kinds of corruption and failure of mental action that have unskillful intention, with suffering as their outcome and result. And what are the three kinds of corruption and failure of bodily action? It\u2019s when someone kills living creatures. They\u2019re violent, bloody-handed, a hardened killer, merciless to all living beings. They steal. With the intention to commit theft, they take the wealth or belongings of others from village or wilderness. They commit sexual misconduct. They have relations with women who have their mother, father, both mother and father, brother, sister, relatives, or clan as guardian. They have relations with a woman who is protected on principle, or who has a husband, or whose violation is punishable by law, or even one who has been garlanded as a token of betrothal. These are the three kinds of corruption and failure of bodily action. And what are the four kinds of corruption and failure of verbal action? It\u2019s when someone lies. They\u2019re summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: \u2018Please, my man, say what you know.\u2019 Not knowing, they say \u2018I know.\u2019 Knowing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 Not seeing, they say \u2018I see.\u2019 And seeing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t see.\u2019 So they deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason. They backbite. They repeat in one place what they heard in another so as to divide people against each other. And so they divide those who are harmonious, supporting division, delighting in division, loving division, speaking words that promote division. They speak harshly. They use the kinds of words that are cruel, nasty, hurtful, offensive, bordering on anger, not leading to immersion. They talk nonsense. Their speech is untimely, and is neither factual nor beneficial. It has nothing to do with the teaching or the training. Their words have no value, and are untimely, unreasonable, rambling, and pointless. These are the four kinds of corruption and failure of verbal action. And what are the three kinds of corruption and failure of mental action? It\u2019s when someone is covetous. They covet the wealth and belongings of others: \u2018Oh, if only their belongings were mine!\u2019 They have ill will and malicious intentions: \u2018May these sentient beings be killed, slaughtered, slain, destroyed, or annihilated!\u2019 They have wrong view. Their perspective is distorted: \u2018There\u2019s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There\u2019s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There\u2019s no afterlife. There\u2019s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there\u2019s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.\u2019 These are the three kinds of corruption and failure of mental action. When their body breaks up, after death, sentient beings are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell because of these three kinds of corruption and failure of bodily action, these four kinds of corruption and failure of verbal action, or these three kinds of corruption and failure of mental action that have unskillful intention, with suffering as their outcome and result. It\u2019s like throwing sure-bet dice: they always fall the right side up. In the same way, when their body breaks up, after death, sentient beings are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell because of these three kinds of corruption and failure of bodily action, these four kinds of corruption and failure of verbal action, or these three kinds of corruption and failure of mental action that have unskillful intention, with suffering as their outcome and result. I don\u2019t say that intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated are eliminated without being experienced. And that may be in this very life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering without experiencing intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated, I say. Now, there are three kinds of successful bodily action that have skillful intention, with happiness as their outcome and result. There are four kinds of successful verbal action that have skillful intention, with happiness as their outcome and result. There are three kinds of successful mental action that have skillful intention, with happiness as their outcome and result. And what are the three kinds of successful bodily action? It\u2019s when someone gives up killing living creatures. They renounce the rod and the sword. They\u2019re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings. They don\u2019t steal. They don\u2019t, with the intention to commit theft, take the wealth or belongings of others from village or wilderness. They give up sexual misconduct. They don\u2019t have relations with women who have their mother, father, both mother and father, brother, sister, relatives, or clan as guardian. They don\u2019t have relations with a woman who is protected on principle, or who has a husband, or whose violation is punishable by law, or even one who has been garlanded as a token of betrothal. These are the three kinds of successful bodily action. And what are the four kinds of successful verbal action? It\u2019s when someone gives up lying. They\u2019re summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: \u2018Please, my friend, say what you know.\u2019 Not knowing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 Knowing, they say \u2018I know.\u2019 Not seeing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t see.\u2019 And seeing, they say \u2018I see.\u2019 So they don\u2019t deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason. They give up backbiting. They don\u2019t repeat in one place what they heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, they reconcile those who are divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony. They give up harsh speech. They speak in a way that\u2019s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people. They give up talking nonsense. Their words are timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. They say things at the right time which are valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial. These are the four kinds of successful verbal action. And what are the three kinds of successful mental action? It\u2019s when someone is content. They don\u2019t covet the wealth and belongings of others: \u2018Oh, if only their belongings were mine!\u2019 They have a kind heart and loving intentions: \u2018May these sentient beings live free of enmity and ill will, untroubled and happy!\u2019 They have right view, an undistorted perspective: \u2018There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.\u2019 These are the three kinds of successful mental action. When their body breaks up, after death, sentient beings are reborn in a good place, in heaven because of these three kinds of successful bodily action, these four kinds of successful verbal action, or these three kinds of successful mental action that have skillful intention, with happiness as their outcome and result. It\u2019s like throwing unfaling dice: they always fall the right side up. In the same way, when their body breaks up, after death, sentient beings are reborn in a good place, in heaven because of these three kinds of successful bodily action, these four kinds of successful verbal action, or these three kinds of successful mental action that have skillful intention, with happiness as their outcome and result. I don\u2019t say that intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated are eliminated without being experienced. And that may be in this very life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering without experiencing intentional deeds that have been performed and accumulated, I say.\u201d","title":"Intentional (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1488}