Title-Facts Concerning Five Moral Precepts(#2 -Facts Concerning “Adinnadana Precept”) Taking what is not given willingly by bodily gesture, by word, or by writing, by stealing, robbing, by cheating, by using trick, or taking others’ properties by trading with false weight, false measuring basket, or false scales, or shortchanging or similarities are Adinnadana Kamma. All Buddhists should know detailed factors of judgment concerned with Adinnadana hence most Buddhists know only generally. Five Factors of “Adinnadana” (1) The thing stolen is possessed by others. (2) One knows that it is others’ property. (3) One has the intention to steal it. (4) One makes bodily or verbal actions and efforts to steal it. (5) One steals it. Any action accompanied by these five factors is called Adinnadana Kamma. One who commits stealing will suffer the evil consequences in this life and he will also be reborn in Apaya when he dies. Grave or Minor Offence The offence of theft may be great or minor depending on the morality and virtue of the owner and the value of the stolen properties. Stealing things from one who is endowed with morality and virtue is a great offence whereas stealing things from one who lacks morality and virtue is a minor offence. The Consequences of Stealing Stealing includes taking others’ things without the permission of the owner, and taking others’ properties by force or by cheating or by trick. Whosoever commits stealing will be reborn in one of the four lower abodes when he dies. Even when he is free from there and is again reborn as a man, he will encounter the following evil consequences: (1) Being poor, (2) Having to suffer bodily and mentally for a living, (3) Being tortured by hunger and starvation, (4) Having unfulfilled wishes, (5) Having unstable and easily perishable fortune, (6) Having properties destroyed by the five enemies, namely flood, fire, thieves, bad inheritors and bad rulers. On the other hand the one who abstains from stealing will enjoy the benefits which are the opposite of the above consequences. The Benefits of Abstaining from Stealing One who abstains from stealing others’ properties will be reborn in a celestial abode after his death, and in whatever existence he may be, he will enjoy the following benefits: (1) He is wealthy. (2) He does not have to work hard for a living. (3) He has plenty of foods and drinks (avoid starvation). (4) He easily gets what he wants. (5) He is prosperous. (6) His wealth is not destroyed by the five enemies namely, flood, conflagration, tyrant, thief, sons and daughters who are unworthy heirs. Doc Version Here In My Group: https://facebook/notes/buddhism-for-beginners/title-facts-concerning-five-moral-precepts2-facts-concerning-adinnadana-precept/830740030316120
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