3.
The Chapter on Good
1.
The Discourse on the Good
178. "I will teach you, monks, what is good and what is not good. Listen to that, pay close attention; I will speak." "Yes, venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this -
"And what, monks, is not good? Killing living beings, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, idle chatter, covetousness, anger, wrong view - this is called, monks, not good.
"And what, monks, is good? Abstention from killing living beings, abstention from taking what is not given, abstention from sexual misconduct, abstention from lying, abstention from divisive speech, abstention from harsh speech, abstention from idle chatter, non-covetousness, non-anger, right view - this is called, monks, good." The first.
2.
The Discourse on the Noble Teaching
179. "I will teach you, monks, the noble teaching and the ignoble teaching. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the ignoble teaching? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, the ignoble teaching.
"And what, monks, is the noble teaching? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the noble teaching." The second.
3.
The Discourse on the Wholesome
180. "I will teach you, monks, the wholesome and the unwholesome. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the unwholesome? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, the unwholesome.
"And what, monks, is the wholesome? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the wholesome." The third.
4.
The Discourse on Benefit
181. "I will teach you, monks, what is beneficial and what is harmful. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is harm? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - This is called, monks, harm.
"And what, monks, is benefit? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - This is called, monks, benefit." The fourth.
5.
The Discourse on Mental States
182. "I will teach you, monks, the Teaching and what is not the Teaching. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is not the Teaching? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, not the Teaching.
"And what, monks, is the Teaching? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the Teaching." The fifth.
6.
The Discourse on Mental Corruptions
183. "I will teach you, monks, the phenomenon with mental corruptions and that without mental corruptions. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the phenomenon with mental corruptions? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, the phenomenon with mental corruptions.
"And what, monks, is the phenomenon without mental corruptions? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the phenomenon without mental corruptions." The sixth.
7.
The Discourse on Fault
184. "I will teach you, monks, the blameable phenomenon and the faultless. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the blameable phenomenon? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, the blameable phenomenon.
"And what, monks, is the faultless phenomenon? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the faultless phenomenon." The seventh.
8.
The Discourse on Causing Remorse
185. "I will teach you, monks, the phenomenon causing remorse and that not causing remorse. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the phenomenon causing remorse? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon causing remorse.
"And what, monks, is the phenomenon not causing remorse? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon not causing remorse." The eighth.
9.
The Discourse on Leading to Accumulation
186. "I will teach you, monks, the phenomenon leading to accumulation and that leading to non-accumulation. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the phenomenon leading to accumulation? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon leading to accumulation.
"And what, monks, is the phenomenon leading to non-accumulation? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon leading to non-accumulation." The ninth.
10.
The Discourse on Painful Consequences
187. "I will teach you, monks, the phenomenon with painful consequences and that with pleasant consequences. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the phenomenon with painful consequences? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - this is called, monks, the phenomenon with painful consequences.
"And what, monks, is the phenomenon with pleasant consequences? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - this is called, monks, the phenomenon with pleasant consequences." The tenth.
11.
The Discourse on Result
188. "I will teach you, monks, the phenomenon with painful results and that with pleasant results. Listen to that, etc. And what, monks, is the phenomenon with painful results? Killing living beings... etc. wrong view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon with painful results.
"And what, monks, is the phenomenon with pleasant results? Abstention from killing living beings, etc. right view - This is called, monks, the phenomenon with pleasant results." The eleventh.
The Chapter on Good is the third.