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who do not abstain from buying and selling. ... The second. 3. Discourse on Acting as a Messenger ... Just so, monks, few are those beings who abstain from engaging in errands and messages; but indeed, more numerous are those beings who do not abstain from engaging in errands and messages. ... The third. 4. Discourse on False Scales ... Just so, monks, few are those beings who abstain from false scales, false metals, and false measures; but indeed, more numerous are those beings who do not abstain from false scales, false metals, and false measures. ... The fourth. 5. Discourse on Bribery ... Just so, monks, few are those beings who abstain from bribery, deception, fraud, and crookedness; but indeed, more numerous are those beings who do not abstain from bribery, deception, fraud, and crookedness. ... The fifth. 6-11. Discourse on Cutting, etc. ... Just so, monks, few are those beings who abstain from cutting, killing, binding, highway robbery, plunder, and violent acts; but indeed, more numerous are those beings who do not abstain from cutting, killing, binding, highway robbery, plunder, and violent acts. For what reason is that? Because, monks, the four noble truths have not been seen. Which four? The noble truth of suffering... the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering. Therefore, here, monks, 'This is suffering' — effort should be made... 'This is the path leading to the cessation of suffering' — effort should be made. The eleventh. The fourth chapter on raw grain, the tenth. Its summary – Field, body, and messenger, False weights, extortion; Cutting, killing, and binding, Robbery, violence. 11. The chapter on the five destinations 1. Discourse on humans passing away to hell Then the Blessed One, having taken a little dust on his fingernail, addressed the monks: "What do you think, monks, which is more – this little dust I have taken on my fingernail, or this great earth?" "This, venerable sir, is much more, that is – the great earth; a tiny bit is the dust the Blessed One has taken on his fingernail. It does not compare, it does not approximate, it is not a fraction, when compared to the great earth, the dust the Blessed One has taken on his fingernail." Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn among humans; but far more are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn in hell... The first. 2. Discourse on humans passing away to the animal realm ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn among humans; but far more are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn in the animal realm..." The second. 3. Discourse on humans passing away to the realm of hungry ghosts ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn among humans; but far more are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The third. 4-5-6. Discourse on humans passing away to devas, hell, etc. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn among devas; but far more are those beings who, having passed away from human existence, are reborn in hell..." are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts... The Sixth. 7-9. Discourse on Devas Dying and Going to Hell, etc. 1178-1180. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the deva realm, are reborn among devas; but more numerous are those beings who, having passed away from the deva realm, are reborn in hell... are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The Ninth. 10-12. Discourse on Devas Dying and Going to Humans, Hell, etc. 1181-1183. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the deva realm, are reborn among humans; but more numerous are those beings who, having passed away from the deva realm, are reborn in hell... are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The Twelfth. 13-15. Discourse on Those from Hell Dying and Going to Humans, Hell, etc. 1184-1186. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from hell, are reborn among humans; but more numerous are those beings who, having passed away from hell, are reborn in hell... are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The Fifteenth. 16-18. Discourse on Those from Hell Dying and Going to Devas, Hell, etc. 1187-1189. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from hell, are reborn among devas; but more numerous are those beings who, having passed away from hell, are reborn in hell... are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The Eighteenth. 19-21. Discourse on Those from the Animal Realm Dying and Going to Humans, Hell, etc. 1190-1192. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the animal realm, are reborn among humans; but more numerous are those beings who, having passed away from the animal realm, are reborn in hell... are reborn in the animal realm... are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts..." The Twenty-first. 22-24. Discourse on Those from the Animal Realm Dying and Going to Devas, Hell, etc. 1193-1195. ... "Just so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the animal realm, are reborn among devas. are born; but indeed, these are the more numerous beings who, having passed away from the animal realm, are reborn in hell… are reborn in the animal realm… are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts…. The twenty-fourth. 25-27. Discourse on Hungry Ghosts, Humans, Hell, etc. 1196-1198. … “Even so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn among humans; but indeed, these are the more numerous beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn in hell… are reborn in the animal realm… are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts…. The twenty-seventh. 28-29. Discourse on Hungry Ghosts, Devas, Hell, etc. 1199-1200. … “Even so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn among devas; but indeed, these are the more numerous beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn in hell… Even so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn among devas; but indeed, these are the more numerous beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn in the animal realm…. The twenty-ninth. 30. Discourse on Hungry Ghosts, Devas, and the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 1201. … “Even so, monks, few are those beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn among devas; but indeed, these are the more numerous beings who, having passed away from the realm of hungry ghosts, are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts. What is the reason for that? Because, monks, the Four Noble Truths have not been seen. Which four? The Noble Truth of Suffering, the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering, the Noble Truth of the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering.” “Therefore, monks, ‘This is suffering’—effort should be made, ‘This is the origin of suffering’—effort should be made, ‘This is the cessation of suffering’—effort should be made, ‘This is the path leading to the cessation of suffering’—effort should be made.” This is what the Blessed One said. Delighted, those monks rejoiced in the Blessed One’s words. The thirtieth. The Chapter on Repetitions about the Five Destinations, the eleventh. Its summary – From humans departed, and from gods departed, from hell; The animal realm, the hungry ghost realm, amounting to thirty, is the group of destinations. The Connected Discourses on the Truths, the twelfth. The Great Chapter, the fifth. Its Summary – Path and Factors of Awakening, mindfulness, faculties, right exertions; Powers, bases of spiritual power, Anuruddha, absorptions, connected with breathing; Stream-entry and the truths, is called the Great Chapter. The Pāli text of the Connected Discourses of the Great Chapter is completed.