The Blessed Buddha
once explained:
The destroying and cruel
killing of any living being, Bhikkhus and Friends, committed, carried out, and
often pursued, leads to Hell, the animal world, or the realm of ghosts. Even
the least result of killing living beings brings a short future lifetime. Killing
brings a bad and painful future & quick death!
The taking of other
people's belongings, committed, carried out, and often pursued, leads to Hell,
the animal world, or the realm of hungry ghosts...
Even the slightest result of stealing other people's belongings brings the future loss of one's own goods & property and induces thus future poverty!
Even the slightest result of stealing other people's belongings brings the future loss of one's own goods & property and induces thus future poverty!
Adultery and
illegitimate sex, committed, carried out, and often pursued, leads to Hell,
rebirth as animal, or in realm of ugly ghosts. Even the minimum result of
unlawful sex brings future enmity, jealousy, envy & vicious rivalry!
Lying, committed,
carried out, and often pursued, leads to Hell, the animal world, or the realm
of ghosts. Even the weakest result of lying brings future false accusations,
blame, condemnation, despise and evil-minded complaints!
Tale-bearing,
slander, divisive speech of gossip & malicious rumours committed, carried
out, & often done, leads to Hell, animal world, or the realm of ghosts.
Even the slightest result of tale-bearing brings discord, disagreement and
splitting conflicts even with one's closest friends, family and associates.
Harsh, hurting and
aggressive speech, committed, carried out, and often done, leads to rebirth in
Hell, rebirth in the animal world, or the realm of ghosts. Even the smallest result of abusive
language echoes back future relentless, rude and ruthless rebuke, vicious
verbal scolding and insulting insinuations!
Vain and empty
gossip, prattle, and hearsay committed, carried out, & often pursued, leads
to Hell, the animal world, or the realm of ghosts. Even the least result of
vain and void prattle brings future hearing of unacceptable and disagreeable
stories, foul-mouthed speech, & offensive unpleasant words!
Drinking
intoxicating drinks, such as wine and liquor, committed, carried out, and often
pursued, leads to rebirth in Hell, the animal world, or the realm of hungry
ghosts. Even the minutest result of drinking alcoholic drinks brings future
dementia and lunatic insanity either in this or in a future life!
Beings are owners
of their actions (kamma), inheritor of their own actions, are created and
conditioned by their actions, and linked to their actions!
Their actions
produce, shape, limit and prepare their future destiny...
Whatever action
they perform; good as evil, the resulting reaction
and inevitable consequential effects will be theirs only!
and inevitable consequential effects will be theirs only!
Be careful!
