Parent:: [[Sila|Sīla]] Related:: [[Kusala]] # Dasa Akusala (10 Immoral / Unskillful [[Kamma|Deeds]]) ## Summary ![[DN34 Dasuttarasutta#^dasa-akusala]] ![[AN10.176 Cundasutta#^dasa-akusala]] ## Examples of Moral Deeds ![[Dhamma/Suttas/AN/AN10.176 Cundasutta.md#^lovely-speech]] ![[Dhamma/Suttas/AN/AN10.176 Cundasutta.md#^timely-and-meaningful-speech]] ![[Dhamma/Suttas/AN/AN10.176 Cundasutta.md#^metta]] ## Morality leads to Happiness & Good Births, Immorality leads to Pain and Bad Births ![[SN22.2 Devadahasutta#^akusala-kusala]] ![[MN41 Sāleyyakasutta#^dhamma-adhamma]] ## Merits & Happiness of abstaining from Immoral deeds > [!NOTE] In Abhisandasutta ([AN8.39](https://suttacentral.net/an8.39/en/sujato)) > Firstly, a noble disciple gives up **killing living creatures**. > _Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako pāṇātipātaṁ pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti._ > > By so doing they **give to countless sentient beings the gift of freedom from fear, enmity, and ill will**. > > _Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako aparimāṇānaṁ sattānaṁ abhayaṁ deti, averaṁ deti, abyābajjhaṁ deti._ > > And they themselves also **enjoy unlimited freedom from fear, enmity, and ill will**. > > _Aparimāṇānaṁ sattānaṁ abhayaṁ datvā averaṁ datvā abyābajjhaṁ datvā aparimāṇassa abhayassa averassa abyābajjhassa bhāgī hoti._ > > This is the first gift that is a **great offering, primordial, long-standing, traditional, and ancient**. It is **uncorrupted**, as it has been since the beginning. It’s not being corrupted now nor will it be. Sensible ascetics and brahmins don’t look down on it. > > _Idaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṁ dānaṁ mahādānaṁ aggaññaṁ rattaññaṁ vaṁsaññaṁ porāṇaṁ asaṅkiṇṇaṁ asaṅkiṇṇapubbaṁ, na saṅkiyati na saṅkiyissati, appaṭikuṭṭhaṁ samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhi._ > > This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit overflowing goodness. They **nurture happiness and are conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. They lead to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness**. > > _Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko, iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati._ > > ... **(and the same for the stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, drinking alcohol)** ## Foundation of [[Jhana|Jhāna]] > [!important] Note on [[Jhana|Jhāna]] > Establishing the mind on abstaining from the [[Dasa Akusala|10 Immoral Deeds]] is the crucial foundation for [[Jhana|Jhāna]] (especially 3rd jhana onwards). > > One can establish them using same verse used in setting the [[Sikkhapada|5 or 8 precepts]], as follows: > 1. **Pāṇātipātā veramaṇīsikkhāpadaṁ samādiyāmi** > I undertake the training rule of refraining from killing living creatures > 3. ... ^036f5c ## Notes - (Chinese) [[(2022-10-10) “十不善业”的含义]] ## Videos - How to get rid of Immoral deeds? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/live/62hzL8C8EM0)) ## Sutta - [[AN10.176 Cundasutta]] - (Similar to AN10.176) MN41 Sāleyyakasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn41/en/sujato)) - Morality leads to good birth, and vise versa - [[AN8.40 Duccaritavipākasutta]] - Consequence of immoral deeds - AN8.39 Abhisandasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an8.39/en/sujato)) - Merits from giving up the 5 immoral deeds - [[MN9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta]] - DN26 Cakkavattisutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/dn26/en/sujato)) - History — How the 10 Bad deeds became widespread :)