Thursday, 3 November 2011

Demerit

100 Demerits
  1. cause one death
  2. violate a woman's chastity
  3. praise another for drowning his or her chld
  4. stop the family lineage
50 demerits
  1. induce one abortion
  2. break up one marriage
  3. abandon another's remains
  4. cause another to be homeless
  5. cause another to commit a serious crime
  6. teach another to do great evil
  7. make a speech that harms many people 
  8. steal another's wife or daughter
30 demerits
  1. create slander to dishonour another
  2. reveal private secrets of another
  3. encourage another to sue
  4. break another's religious vow
  5. go against an elder
  6. offend father or older brother
  7. cause the separation of family
  8. in times of famine to save grains without sharing
10 demerits
  1. dishonour a virtuous person
  2. recommend an evil person
  3. flatten a grave
  4. mistreat an orphan or vidow
  5. take in an unchaste woman
  6. keep a murder weapon in the household
  7. speak harshly towards parents, teachers and wise person
  8. prepare poison
  9. punish a criminal improperly
  10. destroy writing on the truth
  11. have evil thoughts while reciting the sutras
  12. teach false knowledge
  13. take non-virtuously
  14. kill an animal that cans serve man
5 demerits
  1. sneer and slander spiritual teachings
  2. not clear an injustice when given an opportunity
  3.  turn away a sick person seeking help
  4. block a road or bridge
  5. write lewd artilces
  6. write a lewd song
  7. speak harshly with others
  8. kill one animal that cannot serve man
3 demerits
  1. get angry over words not to one's liking
  2. scold one who does not deserve it
  3. break up relations through double talk
  4. cheat an ignorant person
  5. destroy another's success
  6. rejoice in another's worry
  7. rejoice in another's loss of wealth and name
  8. wish a rich person to be poor
  9. blame heaven and others for one's own misfortune
  10. to be greedy in making money
1 demerit
  1. cover another's merit
  2. urge another to fight 
  3. generate thought to harm another
  4. help another to do evil
  5. not stop another from stealing small items
  6. not comfort another in fright or worry
  7. not care about the hardship of human or animal
  8. steal one small needle or grass
  9. throw away paper with words
  10. waste food
  11. break promise 
  12. cause another to be druk
  13. not help another who is hungry or cold
  14. miss one word in reciting sutra
  15. turn away a monk begging for food
  16. turn away a beggar
  17. recite sutras or go to the temples while eating food with five pungent spices or drinking alcohol
  18. eat the meat of an animal that works for man
  19. kill a minute life form
  20. spill bird's nest and break the eggs
  21. misuse funds
  22. to be in debt
  23. damage temples and statues
  24. use false weights
  25. sell a butcher's knife, fish net etc
  26. use one's position to take bribes and other's money 
  27. keep lost articles
  28. take goods while safe keeping them for others
The end of Liao-fan's 4 lessons

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