The General Section 224

Bhikkhus, endowed with forty things as though led and lain is in hell. What forty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one destroys living things, rouses others to destroy living things gives permission to destroy living things and praises the destruction of living things. Takes the not given rouses others to take the not given, gives permission to take the not given and praises taking the not given. Misbehaves sexually, rouses others to misbehave sexually gives permission for sexual misbehaviour and praises sexual misbehaviour. Tells lies, rouses others to tell lies, gives permission to tell lies and praises telling lies. Slanders rouses others to slander, gives permission to slander and praises slandering. Talks roughly, rouses others to talk roughly, permits rough talk and praises rough talkṬalks frivolously, rouses others to talk frivolously, praises and permits frivolous talk. Covets, rouses others to covet and gives permission for coveting and praises coveting. Bears an angry mind rouses others to bear angry minds praises and permits it. With wrong view and reversed vision rouses others to be with wrong view; with a reversed vision, permits and praises wrong view, saying- There are no results for giving ... re ... declare by themselves having realized. Bhikkhus, endowed with these forty things, one is in hell as though led and lain there.

Bhikkhus, endowd with forty things as though led and lain is in heaven. What forty?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one giving up destroying living things, rouses others to abstain from destroying living things, acknowledges and praises the sparing of living things Giving up, taking the not given rouses others to abstain from taking the not given and acknowledges and praises not taking the not given. Abstaining from sexual misbehaviur, rouses others to abstain from sexual misbehaviour not acknowledging sexual misbehaviour does not praise it. Abstaining from telling lies, rouses others to abstain from telling lies does not acknowledge and praise telling lies. Abstaining from slandering, rouses others to abstain from slandering, does not acknowledge and praise slandering. Abstaining from talking roughly rouses others to abstain from talking roughly does not acknowledge and praise talking roughly. Abstaining from frivolous talk rouses others to abstain from frivolous talk does not acknowledge and praise frivolous talk. Abstaining from coveting rouses others to abstain from coveting does not acknowledge and praise coveting. Abiding dispelling anger rouses others to dispel anger, acknowledges and praises freedom from anger. Become one of right view, one with non reversed vision: rouses others to come to right view acknowledges and praises the straightening of the view. -Saying there are results for giving ... re ... having realized this and the other world declare it to the world. Bhikkhus, endowed with these forty things, one is in heaven as though led and lain there.