dn26:22.1 Then those beings will think,
dn26:22.2 ‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing.
dn26:22.3 Why don’t we do even more skillful things?
dn26:22.4 What skillful thing should we do?
dn26:22.5 Why don’t we refrain from stealing …
dn26:22.6 sexual misconduct …
dn26:22.7 lying …
dn26:22.8 backbiting …
dn26:22.9 harsh speech …
dn26:22.10 and talking nonsense.
dn26:22.11 Why don’t we give up covetousness …
dn26:22.12 ill will …
dn26:22.13 wrong view …
dn26:22.14 three things:
dn26:22.15 illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings.
dn26:22.16 Why don’t we pay due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in our families? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’
dn26:22.17 So that’s what they do.
dn26:22.18 Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.
dn26:22.19 Those people who live for twenty years will have children who live for forty years.
dn26:22.20 Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years,
dn26:22.21 then a hundred and sixty years,
dn26:22.22 three hundred and twenty years,
dn26:22.23 six hundred and forty years,
dn26:22.24 2,000 years,
dn26:22.25 4,000 years,
dn26:22.26 8,000 years,
dn26:22.27 20,000 years,

