iti.65 Itivuttaka

Good Conduct

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of good conduct. What are the three? Good conduct by body, good conduct by speech, and good conduct by mind. These are the three.”

Having abandoned misconduct
By body, misconduct by speech,
Misconduct by mind, and whatever else
Is reckoned a fault—

Not having done a bad deed
And done much that is good—
When his body perishes
That wise one is reborn in heaven.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Good Conduct

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these kinds of good conduct.
What three?
Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
These are the three kinds of good conduct.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Having given up bad conduct
by way of body,
speech, and mind,
and whatever else is corrupt;
not having done bad deeds,
and having done many good,
when their body breaks up, that wise person
is reborn in heaven.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.