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Dashaśrutaskandhasūtra
Ṣaṣṭhī Daśā
The person remains immersed in anger. Their nature becomes inherently wrathful. Their every action is merciless. They become narrow-minded. Their courage in committing sinful deeds increases. They do not value this world or the next, and thus they indulge in whatever they desire without any consideration. They take bribes from people. Deceit is considered a great virtue for them, so they practice deception with every individual. Praising the flawed and seeking fame is considered their virtue. They are deceptive, create profound conspiracies, and spread a web of false illusions. They go about slitting the throats of others and remain constantly encouraged to perform the aforementioned actions. They naturally become wicked and associate with the wicked. Their egoism becomes so strong that they do not even accept the good advice of others. Renouncing anger is impossible for them. They indulge in misconduct, adopt wicked vows like meat-eating, and become a follower of violent rituals, immersed in violence. Their nature becomes so corrupt that they cannot be pleased in any way. They do not even acknowledge the favors done by others. Seeing or hearing about misconduct deeply saddens their mind. They are adulterous, shameless, and mock celibacy. Virtues like forgiveness cannot even touch them. They do not hesitate to break any family tradition. For example, if their family prohibits meat-eating, alcohol consumption, and adultery, they would break their ancestors' traditions and indulge in those misdeeds.
They do not observe fasts or austerities on auspicious days like Aṣṭamī. They are unrighteous.
All this is the influence of atheism, that even a naturally pure and sacred soul becomes immersed in sinful deeds. One who does not believe in this world or the next, their involvement in sin is inevitable.
The conclusion is that to purify one's life, the acceptance of theism is necessary, only then can the soul become righteous and eligible for liberation.
Now the author describes other sinful actions that arise from the acceptance of atheism.