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Ledger of Merit and Demerit (I)

Merit Ledger (50 items) 100 merits: Rescuing a person from death preserving a woman ’ s chastity Preventing someone from drowning a child or from having an abortion. Demerit Ledger (50 deeds) 100 demerits: Causing a person to die Making a woman lose her chastity

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Ledger of Merit and Demerit (I)

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  1. Merit Ledger (50 items) 100 merits: Rescuing a person from death preserving a woman’s chastity Preventing someone from drowning a child or from having an abortion Demerit Ledger (50 deeds) 100 demerits: Causing a person to die Making a woman lose her chastity Urging someone to drown a child or to have an abortion Ledger of Merit and Demerit (I)

  2. 50 merits: Arranging for the adopting of an heir Raising an orphan Burying someone who has no one to care for his or her remains Preventing a person from becoming a vagabond 50 demerits: Cutting off a family’s line of succession Preventing a marriage Abandoning an unburied corpse Causing a person to become a vagrant Ledger of Merit and Demerit (II)

  3. 30 merits: Helping a person to dedicate himself to Buddha (I.e., to become a monk) Urging a person who follows evil ways to change his or her conduct Saving a person from oppression Offering land for the burial of a person who has no one to care for his or her remains 30 demerits: Destroying a person’s resolve not to do evil Making up slanders about a person Revealing a secret entrusted to you, one that ruins a business deal Ledger of Merit and Demerit (III)

  4. 10 merits: Recommending a virtuous man Removing a cause of harm to the people Compiling a scripture that will aid the people Using your skill to cure a serious illness 10 demerits: Ostracizing a virtuous person Recommending a evil man for employment Having contact with a woman who has lost her chastity Keeping a weapon that can kill Ledger of Merit and Demerit (IV)

  5. 5 merits: Urging the cessation of a court case Transmitting to a person a method for improving his life Compiling a book that will tell people how to preserve or improve their lives Using your skill to cure a mild illness Saving the life of a creature capable of repaying human kindness 5 demerits: Destroying a scripture that would improve morals Compiling a work injurious to the people Unjustly allowing a person falsely accused of a crime to be thought a criminal Refusing to aid a sick person who is seeking relief Urging a person to start litigation Creating slanders about and a bad name for a person; harming a person through slander… Ledger of Merit and Demerit (V)

  6. 3 merits: Accepting a wrong to yourself without anger Bearing slander without complaint Accepting an unpleasant truth Preventing the beating of a person who deserves it Saving the life of a creature tat does not have the power to repay human kindness 3 demerits: Getting angry when you hear an unpleasant truth Reversing the order of high and low, old and young Harming someone when you are drunk Beating a person who does not deserve it Sowing discord among people by telling lines Wearing clothing that is inappropriate for you position Killing an animal not capable of repaying human kindness Ledger of Merit and Demerit (VI)

  7. 1 merit: Praising a person’s goodness Concealing a person’s evil deed Preventing a person from doing evil in one instance Preserving a person from fighting Helping to relieve a person’s illness Collating and editing a moral work left after a person’s death (1 merit for every 1,000 characters) Refusing an invitation to a feast or drinking party Rescuing a person from hunger Giving a person shelter for the night…. 1 demerit Wasting food that someone else could be eating Destroying another’s success Ignoring the good of people in making a profit Using other people’s money wastefully Neglecting to pay debts Embezzling an inheritance Extorting money with the excuse that you need it for public welfare Intriguing ti get people’s money, possessions, labor, and so forth for yourself Ledger of Merit and Demerit (VII)

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