40 qualities that can lead to purgatory

40 qualities that can lead one into purgatory according to his actions:

1. He takes lives, such as a hunter, bloody handed, given up to killing and slaying, void of compassion for all tiny creatures

2. He takes what is not given

3. He acts wrongly in sensual desires

4. He engages in untruthful speech

5. He engages in slander

6. He engages in harsh speech

7. He engages in idle babble

8. He is covetous and envious of others

9. He engages in harmful thoughts

10. He has wrong understanding

11 through 20 = all of the above, with encouraging another to do so for each

21 through 30 = the above 1-10, with approving of so doing, for each

31 through 40 = the above 1-10, with speaking in praise thereof

(from Anguttara Nikaya 10.213)

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