3.
The Chapter on Misconduct
1.
The Discourse on Misconduct
221. "There are, monks, these four kinds of verbal misconduct. What are the four? Lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, idle chatter - these, monks, are the four kinds of verbal misconduct. There are, monks, these four kinds of good verbal conduct. What are the four? Truthful speech, non-divisive speech, gentle speech, wise speech - these, monks, are the four kinds of good verbal conduct." The first.
2.
The Discourse on View
222. "Monks, a foolish, inexperienced bad person possessed of four qualities maintains himself injured and damaged, is blameable and censurable by the wise, and generates much demerit. Which four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, wrong view - Monks, a foolish, inexperienced bad person possessed of these four qualities maintains himself injured and damaged, is blameable and censurable by the wise, and generates much demerit.
"Monks, a wise, accomplished good person possessed of four qualities maintains himself uninjured and undamaged, is faultless and beyond censure by the wise, and generates much merit. Which four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, right view - Monks, a wise, accomplished good person possessed of these four qualities maintains himself uninjured and undamaged, is faultless and beyond censure by the wise, and generates much merit." The second.
3.
The Discourse on Ingratitude
223. "Monks, a foolish, inexperienced bad person possessed of four qualities maintains himself injured and damaged, is blameable and censurable by the wise, and generates much demerit. Which four? Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, ingratitude and unthankfulness - these... etc. A wise person... Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, gratitude and thankfulness... etc. The third.
4.
The Discourse on the Slayer of Living Beings
224. ... One is one who kills living beings, takes what is not given, engages in sexual misconduct, is a liar... etc... one abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from lying... etc... The fourth.
5.
The First Discourse on the Path
225. ... He holds wrong view, holds wrong thought, holds wrong speech, holds wrong action, etc. he holds right view, holds right thought, holds right speech, holds right action, etc. The fifth.
6.
The Second Discourse on the Path
226. ... holds wrong livelihood, holds wrong effort, holds wrong mindfulness, holds wrong concentration... etc. holds right livelihood, holds right effort, holds right mindfulness, holds right concentration... etc. The sixth.
7.
The First Discourse on the Course of Expression
227. ... He claims to have seen what has not been seen, claims to have heard what has not been heard, claims to have sensed what has not been sensed, claims to have cognised what has not been cognised... etc. He claims not to have seen what has not been seen, claims not to have heard what has not been heard, claims not to have sensed what has not been sensed, claims not to have cognised what has not been cognised... etc. The seventh.
8.
The Second Discourse on the Course of Expression
228. ... He claims not to have seen what has been seen, claims not to have heard what has been heard, claims not to have sensed what has been sensed, claims not to have cognised what has been cognised... etc. He claims to have seen what has been seen, claims to have heard what has been heard, claims to have sensed what has been sensed, claims to have cognised what has been cognised... etc. The eighth.
9.
The Discourse on Shamelessness
229. ... He is faithless, is immoral, is shameless, has no moral fear... etc... he has faith, is moral, has shame, has moral fear... etc... The ninth.
10.
The Discourse on the Unwise
230. ... He is faithless, is immoral, is lazy, is unwise... etc... He has faith, is moral, is putting forth strenuous energy, is wise - Monks, a wise, accomplished good person possessed of these four qualities maintains himself uninjured and undamaged, is faultless and beyond censure by the wise, and generates much merit." The tenth.
11.
The Discourse on a Poet
231. "Monks, there are these four poets. Which four? A poet by thought, a poet by learning, a poet by meaning, a poet by inspiration - these, monks, are the four poets." The eleventh.
The Misconduct Chapter is the third.
Its summary:
Two modes of expression were spoken, shamelessness, and with one lacking wisdom and poets.