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VASALASUTTA.
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Then Bhagavat said this :
1. “The man who is angry and bears hatred, who is wicked and hypocritical, who has embraced wrong views, who is deceitful, let one know him as an outcast.
(115) 2. Whosoever in this world harms living beings, whether once or twice born, and in whom there is no compassion for living beings, let one know him as an outcast.
(116) 3. Whosoever destroys or lays siege to villages and towns, and is known as an enemy, let one know him as an outcast.
(117) 4. 'Be it in the village or in the wood, whosoever appropriates by theft what is the property of others and what has not been given, let one know him as an outcast.
(118) 5. “Whosoever, having really contracted a debt, runs away when called upon (to pay), saying, “There is no debt (that I owe) thee,” let one know him as an outcast.
(119) 6. Whosoever for love of a trifle having killed a man going along the road, takes the trifle, let one know him as an outcast.
(120) 7. The man who for his own sake or for that of others or for the sake of wealth speaks falsely when asked as a witness, let one know him as an outcast.
(121) 8. Whosoever is seen with the wives of relatives or of friends either by force or with their consent, let one know him as an outcast. -
(122) 9. "Whosoever being rich does not support mother or father when old and past their youth, let one know him as an outcast.
(123) 10. 'Whosoever strikes or by words annoys mother
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |