Moral faliure

Bhikkhus, these three are the moral faliures. What three?

Faliure in virtues, failing to develop the mind and failing to rectify the view.

Bhikkhus, what is the faliure in virtues?

Here a certain one destroys living things, takes the not given, misbehaves in sexual desires, tells lies, slanders, talks roughly and talks frivolously. Bhikkhus, this is faliure in virtues.

Bhikkhus, what is failing to develop the mind?

Here bhikkhus a certain one has a coveting and a hateful mind. Bhikkhus, this is failing to develop the mind .

Bhikkhus, what is failing to receitfy the view?

Here bhikkhus, a certain one is with wrong view, a reversed vision; there are no results for a gift, offering or a sacrifice, there are no results for good and evil actions, there is no this world or other world, there is no mother, no father. There are no spontaneously arisen beings, neither are there recluses and brahmins who have come to the right path and method and by themselves realizing this world and the other world declare it. Bhikkhus, this is failing to rectify the view.

Bhikkhus, as a result of faliure in virtues sentient beings after death are born in loss, in a bad state, in decrease in hell, so also as a result of failing to develop the mind and failing to rectify the view. Bhikkhus, these are the three moral faliures.

Bhikkhus, these three are the moral accomplishments. What three?

Success in virtues, succeeding to develop the mind and succeeding to rectify the view.

Bhikkhus, what is success in virtues?

Here a certain one does not destroy living things, does not take the not given, does not misbehave in sexual desires, does not tell lies, does not slander, does not talk roughly and does not talk frivolously. Bhikkhus, this is success in virtues.

Bhikkhus, what is succeeding to develop the mind?

Here bhikkhus a certain one does not covet and does not hate. Bhikkhus, this is succeeding to develop the mind .

Bhikkhus, what is succeeding to receitfy the view?

Here bhikkhus, a certain one is with right view, not with reversed vision; there are results for a gift, offering or a sacrifice, there are results for good and evil actions, there is this world and the other world, there is mother, father. There are spontaneously arisen beings, and there are recluses and brahmins who have come to the right path and method and by themselves realizing this world and the other world declare it. Bhikkhus, this is succeeding to rectify the view.

Bhikkhus, as a result of success in virtues sentient beings after death are born in gain, in a good state, in increase in heaven, so also as a result of succeeding to develop the mind and succeeding to rectify the view. Bhikkhus, these are the three moral accomplishments.