Ten Ways of Performing Deeds Dasakammapathasutta
1 EN At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, those who steal …
PL Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Pāṇātipātino pāṇātipātīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; adinnādāyino …pe…
2 EN commit sexual misconduct … lie … backbite … speak harshly …
PL kāmesumicchācārino … musāvādino … pisuṇavācā … pharusavācā …
3 EN talk nonsense … are covetous … are malicious … have wrong view …
PL samphappalāpino samphappalāpīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; abhijjhāluno abhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; byāpannacittā byāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.
4 EN Those who refrain from killing living creatures … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying …
PL Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; adinnādānā paṭiviratā …pe… kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā … musāvādā paṭiviratā …
5 EN who refrain from backbiting … who refrain from harsh speech … who refrain from talking nonsense … are not covetous …
PL pisuṇāya vācāya … pharusāya vācāya … samphappalāpā paṭiviratā samphappalāpā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; anabhijjhāluno anabhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;
6 EN are not malicious … have right view with those who have right view.”
PL abyāpannacittā abyāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti. Pañcamaṁ.
Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.
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