Part 10 - Dasaka Nipata Pali

(a) There are ten benefits of being established in stla, morality One who is established in sila feels pleased, feeling pleased he feels glad; feeling glad, he is delightfully satisfied; being de- lightfully satisfied he becomes calm, when he is calm, he feels happiness, when he feels happiness, his mind becomes concen- trated; with concentrated mind, he sees things as they really are; seeing things as they really are, he becomes disen- chanted and dispassionate towards them; when there is no more passion or attachment, he achieves liberation of mind and liberation by knowledge, (para 1).

(b) There are ten fetters Personality belief (Sakkayaditihi) , scepti- cal doubts, mistaking mere rites and ceremony as the true Path, sense-desire, ill will, attachment to Rupa realm, attach- ment to Arupa realm, conceit restlessness, ignorance (para 12).

(c) Just as a young man or a woman looks into the mirror to find out if there are any blemishes on the face, so also it is ne- cessary for a bhikkhu to engage in occasional self-examination to see whether covetousness, ill will, sloth and torpor have arisen in him or not, whether worry and excitement, and doubts exist m him, whether he is free from anger and his mind is defiled or not by unwholesome thoughts; whether his body is at ease without restlessness; whether he is beset by laziness or not, and whether he has concentration of mind with clear comprehension, (para 51)

(d) There are ten dhammas possessed by one who has become accomplished, an Arahat Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Knowledge, Right Liberation (para 1 12)