Ten Kinds of DeedsDasakammasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you an untrue person and an even more untrue person,“Asappurisañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, asappurisena asappurisatarañca; a true person and an even truer person.sappurisañca, sappurisena sappurisatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….

And what is an untrue person?“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappuriso? It’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, and commits sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, pisuṇavāco hoti, pharusavāco hoti, samphappalāpī hoti, abhijjhālu hoti, byāpannacitto hoti, micchādiṭṭhiko hoti. This is called an untrue person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappuriso.

And what is an even more untrue person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro? It’s someone who kills living creatures, steals, and commits sexual misconduct. They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re covetous, malicious, with wrong view. And they encourage others to do these things.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti …pe… attanā ca abhijjhālu hoti, parañca abhijjhāya samādapeti; This is called an even more untrue person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asappurisena asappurisataro.

And what is a true person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappuriso? It’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. And they’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… anabhijjhālu hoti, abyāpannacitto hoti, sammādiṭṭhiko hoti. This is called a true person.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappuriso.

And what is an even truer person?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro? It’s someone who doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical. They’re contented, kind-hearted, with right view. And they encourage others to do these things.Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca anabhijjhālu hoti, parañca anabhijjhāya samādapeti; This is called an even truer person.”Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sappurisena sappurisataro”ti.