The complete virtuous action of living in the morality abstaining from stealing has four happy results:

(1) the fully ripened result: You will receive a good rebirth in the body of a happy migrator being in the human or deva realms instead of rebirth in the suffering lower realms.

(2) experiencing the result similar to the previous cause: In the future when you are reborn in the human realm, you will be wealthy and will not experience poverty.Even the wealth you have won’t be taken away by others, and you will have full freedom to use your wealth with out being be possessed by others, thus lacking complete freedomto enjoy it as you wish.

(3) the possessed result: In the place where one is reborn in the human realm in the future there will be plenty of food, drink, and so forth. The means of livelihood will be easy to come by, and the place will have none of the following unpleasant results: scarcity of sustenance of all kinds; crops and fruit that are very scarce and difficult to cultivate; crops and harvests that are easily destroyed by worms, rodents, insects, rot, floods, and droughts that cause crops to wither up and disappear. Although it may appear that killing the insects, rodents, and so forth that eat and destroy one’s crops helps such a situation in the short term, you can see, however, that one is merely creating another negative karma of killing, the suffering result of which has just been explained above. You need to look for other solutions. The ultimate answer to these problems mentioned above, therefore, is to practice morality in this life.. now … avoiding the negative karma of stealing. Practicing morality abstaining from stealing is the ultimate solution in order to stop big floods, hailstorms, droughts, lightning storms, hurricanes etc.and all manner of natural disasters of the environment.

(4) creating the result similar to the previous cause of living in the morality abstaining from stealing: In future lives you will again be able to collect good karma by living in the morality abstaining from stealing. Therefore, you will be able to stop givingharm to others and to yourself in this way.

The complete virtuous action of living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct has four happy results:

(1) the fully ripened result: You will receive a good rebirth in the body of a happy migrator being in the human or deva realms instead of rebirth in the suffering lower realms.

(2) experiencing the result similar to the previous cause: You will be able to rely on the loyalty of your family, friends, and acquaintances. Also, other people with whom you are in contact, servants, employees, etc., will not upset or annoy you. Your family, friends, and acquaintances will not turn into your enemies or bring disharmony to your mind. Your wife or husband or other companions will not compete with you or have opposing wishes. The people who surround you, including your employees and others, won’t hinder you but will instead support you, their wishes being in accord with your own.

By considering the specific results of abstaining from sexual misconduct, you can see that all the quarrels and fights, the disharmonious minds, are the results of sexual misconduct. Therefore, it is clear that the ultimate solution to avoid all these problems, to have others be only helpful and harmonious with you, whether your wife or husband, your sole life companion or other people, is to create good karma living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct.

(3) the possessed result: The place where you are born in the future will not be a muddy environment with lots of dirt, filth, excrement, and bad smells; it will not be a sad and depressing place. Your environment in the human realm will be a very clean, healthy environment filled with beauty.

(4) creating the result similar to the previous cause of living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct: In future lives you will again be able to collect good karma by living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct. This means you will continue to practice Dharma and will stop giving harm to others and to yourself in this way.