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3. The Chapter on Misconduct 1. Discourse on Misconduct Monks, there are these four verbal misconducts. Which four? False speech, slanderous speech, harsh speech, and idle chatter. These, monks, are the four verbal misconducts. Monks, there are these four verbal good conducts. Which four? Truthful speech, non-slanderous speech, gentle speech, and meaningful speech. These, monks, are the four verbal good conducts. The First. 2. Discourse on Views Monks, endowed with four qualities, the foolish, unskilled, ignoble person carries himself to ruin and destruction, is blameworthy and censurable by the wise, and produces much demerit. With which four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, and wrong view. Endowed with these four qualities, monks, the foolish, unskilled, ignoble person carries himself to ruin and destruction, is blameworthy and censurable by the wise, and produces much demerit. Monks, endowed with four qualities, the wise, skilled, noble person carries himself to safety and preservation, is blameless and uncensurable by the wise, and produces much merit. With which four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and right view. Endowed with these four qualities, monks, the wise, skilled, noble person carries himself to safety and preservation, is blameless and uncensurable by the wise, and produces much merit. The Second. 3. Discourse on Ungratefulness Monks, endowed with four qualities, the foolish, unskilled, ignoble person carries himself to ruin and destruction, is blameworthy and censurable by the wise, and produces much demerit. With which four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, and ingratitude, lack of appreciation. Endowed with these four qualities, monks, the foolish, unskilled, ignoble person carries himself to ruin and destruction, is blameworthy and censurable by the wise, and produces much demerit. a wise person… by good conduct of body, by good conduct of speech, by good conduct of mind, by gratitude and thankfulness… The Third. 4. Discourse on the Killer of Living Beings 224. … He is a killer of living beings, he is a taker of what is not given, he is one who misconducts himself in sensual pleasures, he is a speaker of falsehoods… he abstains from killing living beings, he abstains from taking what is not given, he abstains from misconduct in sensual pleasures, he abstains from false speech… The Fourth. 5. First Discourse on the Path 225. … He has wrong view, he has wrong intention, he has wrong speech, he has wrong action… he has right view, he has right intention, he has right speech, he has right action… The Fifth. 6. Second Discourse on the Path 226. … He has wrong livelihood, he has wrong effort, he has wrong mindfulness, he has wrong concentration… he has right livelihood, he has right effort, he has right mindfulness, he has right concentration… The Sixth. 7. First Discourse on the Course of Speech 227. … He speaks of the unseen as seen, he speaks of the unheard as heard, he speaks of the unperceived as perceived, he speaks of the uncognized as cognized… he speaks of the unseen as unseen, he speaks of the unheard as unheard, he speaks of the unperceived as unperceived, he speaks of the uncognized as uncognized… The Seventh. 8. Second Discourse on the Course of Speech 228. … He speaks of the seen as unseen, he speaks of the heard as unheard, he speaks of the perceived as unperceived, he speaks of the cognized as uncognized… he speaks of the seen as seen, he speaks of the heard as heard, he speaks of the perceived as perceived, he speaks of the cognized as cognized… The Eighth. 9. Discourse on Shamelessness 229. … He is faithless, he is immoral, he is shameless, he is without dread of wrongdoing… he is faithful, he is moral, he is modest, he has dread of wrongdoing… The Ninth. 10. Discourse on the Unwise 230. … He is faithless, he is immoral, he is lazy, he is unwise… he is faithful, he is moral, he is energetic, he is wise – Monks, endowed with these four qualities, a wise person, an expert, a good person, is unblemished, uncorrupted… He guards himself, and is blameless, unreproachable by the wise, and produces much merit. The Tenth. 11. The Discourse on Poets "These four, bhikkhus, are poets. Which four? The poet of thought, the poet of learning, the poet of meaning, the poet of improvisation – These, bhikkhus, are the four poets." The Eleventh. The Third Chapter on Misconduct. Its Summary – Misconduct, view, and ungratefulness, and killing living beings, two paths; Two ways of speech are stated, shamelessness and the unwise poet.