The Buddha teaches in sequence how someone with ten, twenty, thirty, and forty qualities—committing the ten unprincipled deeds and encouraging others—keeps themselves broken and damaged, while someone with their opposites keeps themselves intact and unscathed.
PTS 5.308“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe… tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe… cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe….
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Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe…
“Someone with ten qualities keeps themselves broken and damaged …
akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe…
keeps themselves intact and unscathed …
vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe…
twenty …
tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe…
thirty …
cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe….
forty …”
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Last updated on October 25, 2026