Fourth on evil

Bhikkhus, I will tell you about the evil, the worst of evils, the moral good and the best of moral good. Listen and attend carefully, I will tell.

Bhikkhus, what is evil?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person is with wrong view, wrong thoughts, wrong speech, wrong actions, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration, wrong knowledge and wrong release.

Bhikkhus, this is evil.

Bhikkhus, what is the worst of evils?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person with wrong view incites others to wrong view, with wrong thoughts incites others to wrong thoughts, with wrong speech incites others to wrong speech, with wrong actions incites others to wrong actions, with wrong livelihood incites others to wrong livelihood, with wrong effort incites others to wrong effort, with wrong mindfulness incites others to wrong mindfulness and with wrong concentration incites others to wrong concentration, with wrong knowledge incites others to wrong knowledge and with wrong release incites others to wrong release.

Bhikkhus, this is the worst of evils.

Bhikkhus, what is moral good?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person is with right view, right thoughts, right speech, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right knowledge and right release.

Bhikkhus, this is moral good.

Bhikkhus, what is the best of moral good?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person with right view incites others to right view, with right thoughts incites others to right thoughts, with right speech incites others to right speech, with right actions incites others to right actions, with right livelihood incites others to right livelihood, with right effort incites others to right effort, with right mindfulness incites others to right mindfulness, with right concentration incites others to right concentration, with right knowledge incites others to right knowledge and with right release incites others to right release.

Bhikkhus, this is the best of moral good.