SN 14.27 - Ten Ways of Performing Deeds Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn14.27/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 14.27 3. Ways of Performing Deeds Ten Ways of Performing Deeds At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, those who steal … commit sexual misconduct … lie … backbite … speak harshly … talk nonsense … are covetous … are malicious … have wrong view … Those who refrain from killing living creatures … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying … who refrain from backbiting … who refrain from harsh speech … who refrain from talking nonsense … are not covetous … are not malicious … have right view with those who have right view.”