dn12:10.1 “What do you think, Lohicca?
dn12:10.2 Do you reside in Sālavatikā?”
dn12:10.3 “Yes, worthy Gotama.”
dn12:10.4 “Lohicca, suppose someone were to say:
dn12:10.5 ‘The brahmin Lohicca resides in Sālavatikā.
dn12:10.6 He alone should enjoy the revenues produced in Sālavatikā and not share them with anyone else.’
dn12:10.7 Would the one who spoke like that make it difficult for those whose living depends on you or not?”
dn12:10.8 “They would, worthy Gotama.”
dn12:10.9 “But is someone who creates difficulties for others acting kindly or unkindly?”
dn12:10.10 “Unkindly, sir.”
dn12:10.11 “But does an unkind person have love in their heart or hostility?”
dn12:10.12 “Hostility, sir.”
dn12:10.13 “And when the heart is full of hostility, is there right view or wrong view?”
dn12:10.14 “Wrong view, worthy Gotama.”
dn12:10.15 “An individual with wrong view is reborn in one of two places, I say:
dn12:10.16 hell or the animal realm.


