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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

87(3)A Murderer

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

87(3)A Murderer

"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course[consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities:
What six?
(1)One has deprived one's mother of life;(2)one has deprived one's father of life;(3)one has deprived an arahant of life;(4)with a mind of hatred one has shed the Tathāgata's blood;(5)one has created a schism in the Sangha;(6)one is unwise,stupid,obtuse.
Possessing these six qualities,even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course [consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities.
"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,while listening to thegood Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course[consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities.
What six?[437]
(1)One has not deprived one's mother of life;(2)nor deprived one's father of life;(3)nor deprived an arahant of life;(4)one has not,with a mind of hatred,shed the Tathāgata's blood; (5)one has not created a schism in the Sangha;(6)one is wise,intelligent,astute.
Possessing these six qualities,while listeningto the good Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course [consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities."