Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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MAHÂVAGGA.
VI, 28, 5.
wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some state of distress and punishment, a state of woe, and hell; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold loss, O householders, of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude.
5. 'Fivefold, O householders, is the gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And which is this fivefold gain ? In the first place, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, acquires great wealth through his industry; this is the first gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And again, O householders, of the well-doer, strong in rectitude, good reports are spread abroad; this is the second &c. And again, O householders, whatever society the well-doer, strong in rectitude, enters-whether of noblemen, Brâhmanas, heads of houses, or Samanashe enters confident and self-possessed; this is the third &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, dies without anxiety; this is the fourth &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some happy state in heaven; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold gain, O householders, of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude.
6. When the Blessed One had thus taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the Påtaligâma lay-devotees far into the night with religious discourse, he dismissed them, saying, “The night is far spent, O householders. May you do now what you think fit.' The Påtaligâma lay-devotees accepted the Blessed One's word by saying, "Yes, Lord,' rose from their
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