Summary
s.1While staying in Śrāvastī, the Buddha is approached by an unnamed “divine being,” who inquires as to what behavior merits rebirth in the higher realms. In response, the Buddha explains, in a series of concise and powerful verses, that abandoning each of the ten nonvirtues—killing, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, telling lies, slander, harsh words, idle talk, covetousness, ill will, and wrong views—and embracing their opposites, the ten virtues, will lead to rebirth in the higher realms.
s.1佛陀在舍衛城期間，一位無名的天神來拜訪他，詢問什麼樣的行為能夠獲得在上界重生。作為回應，佛陀用一系列簡潔而有力的偈頌解釋道，放棄十不善——殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、惡口、粗惡語、綺語、貪心、瞋恚和邪見——並且接納它們的對立面，即十善，就能夠獲得在上界重生。