108 PATHS TO ILLNESS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
In the Ayurvedic treatise "The Book of the Immortals," it says: "Do not believe that illnesses, suffering, and misfortunes come suddenly. They choose whom to come to. People attract them through their actions and thoughts. But the wise know when, where, and why they may strike.
To avoid problems, it is best to prevent them from appearing in your life. There is no need to wait until your ignorance attracts illness. A wise person knows how to avert trouble before it arises. They know what helps the weeds of illness take root. They weed them out in advance, before the roots grow strong and destroy the plant of life."
1. Insulting one's parents and slandering one's friends is a path to illness.
2. Jealously treating one's wife as one's property is a path to illness.
3. Giving speeches that provoke outrage among the lower classes of society is a path to illness.
4. Harboring heartache that diminishes one's strength is a path to illness.
5. Overindulging and eating too much is a path to illness.
6. Consulting a miser about compassion is a path to illness.
7. Discussing the meaning of life with an ignorant person is a path to illness.
8. Caring for wealth while exhausting the body is a path to illness.
9. Acquiring money through deception and crime is a path to illness.
10. Assisting in the killing of children in the womb is a path to illness.
11. Encroaching on the property of pregnant women, the elderly, and children is a path to illness.
12. Betraying someone's trust is a path to illness.
13. Mocking and ridiculing those who love you is a path to illness.
14. Rejoicing at the sight of misfortune is a path to illness.
15. Trying to make an unhappy person out of someone who is happy is a path to illness.
16. Inciting people to violence is a path to illness.
17. Exalting another person's mistakes and belittling their merits is a path to illness.
18. Envying worthy people is a path to illness.
19. Despising places of pilgrimage and holy sites is a path to illness.
20. Slandering others and using abusive language is a path to illness.
21. Failing to repay debts and appropriating deposits is a path to illness.
22. Poisoning the space around you with base thoughts is a path to illness.
23. Attributing evil to a virtuous person and treating them disrespectfully is a path to illness.
24. Taking back what you have given is a path to illness.
25. Preventing others from making offerings is a path to illness.
26. Robbing the elderly through deception is a path to illness.
27. Selling alcoholic beverages, poisons, and drugs is a path to illness.
28. Hunting for fun and amusement is a path to illness.
29. Slandering virtuous women is a path to illness.
30. Deceitfully luring away another man's wives and lusting after virgins is a path to illness.
31. Giving false testimony is a path to illness.
32. Earning income through theft is a path to illness.
33. Making a living through fraud is a path to illness.
34. Cutting down or mutilating trees, gardens, and forests is a path to illness.
35. Violating the chastity of those who have taken vows of celibacy is a path to illness.
36. Failing to honor one's fathers, mothers, teachers, mentors, or priests is a path to illness.
37. Treacherously abandoning one's wives who are faithful, possess good qualities, are noble by birth, and are honest is a path to illness.
38. Cheating on a virtuous and faithful wife with a prostitute is a path to illness.
39. Ingratitude toward someone who has helped you is a path to illness.
40. Destroying wells, springs, bodies of water, holy sites, or people's homes is a path to illness.
41. Failing to help deceased ancestors with a good thought or prayer is a path to illness.
42. Blinded by passion, entering into relations with a woman during her menstrual cycle, during the four days of the changing Moon, during the daytime, in water, or during pregnancy is a path to illness.
43. Having intercourse with a woman by taking advantage of the fact that she is asleep, weak, defenseless, drunk, or without refuge is a path to illness.
44. Selling and manufacturing weapons is a path to illness.
45. Defecating in fire, in water, in a garden, on a road, or in a cowshed is a path to illness.
46. Suspicion, skepticism, and cynicism are paths to illness.
47. Punishing the innocent is a path to illness.
48. Making a vow and then disregarding it is a path to illness.
49. Eating food prepared by a sick, foolish, or immoral person is a path to illness.
50. Feeling no compassion for the helpless is a path to illness.
51. Cruelty, anger, and irritability are paths to illness.
52. Procuring, selling, and eating meat is a path to illness.
53. Knowingly causing suffering to other beings is a path to illness.
54. Sleeping during the day and staying awake at night is a path to illness.
55. Indulging in laziness while envying the achievements of others is a path to illness.
56. Being insatiable in one's desires is a path to illness.
57. Suspiciousness, superstition, and an inability to make critical judgments are paths to illness.
58. The poor associating with the rich, or the rich with the poor, is a path to illness.
59. Having attained a high position, stealing from the state treasury is a path to illness.
60. Marrying for the satisfaction of lust or the thirst for money is a path to illness.
61. Picking flowers without cause is a path to illness.
62. Treating people as outcasts is a path to illness.
63. Testing a saint with insults and torments in order to learn their humility and see their gentleness is a path to illness.
64. Calling oneself a son of God and others fallen sinners is a path to illness.
65. Sowing discord by lying is a path to illness.
66. Oppressing the weak, widows, and the righteous is a path to illness.
67. Corrupting minors through the example of one's life is a path to illness.
68. Getting drunk on wine in the presence of one's children and mother is a path to illness.
69. Judging others is a path to illness.
70. Conceiving children by force or through adultery is a path to illness.
71. Despising the wisdom and teachings of great teachers is a path to illness.
72. Unrestrained speech and uncontrolled emotions are paths to illness.
73. Flattering while hating and praising while envying is a path to illness.
74. Doubting everything or trusting everything is a path to illness.
75. Mocking the powerless, maimed, or sick is a path to illness.
76. Slandering those who have surpassed you is a path to illness.
77. Asserting one's superiority by humiliating others is a path to illness.
78. Cursing anyone, even in jest, is a path to illness.
79. Considering other people impure and oneself pure is a path to illness.
80. Taking revenge and causing harm under the guise of honesty and justice is a path to illness.
81. Committing lawlessness under the guise of authority is a path to illness.
82. Committing evil and violence under the guise of religion and scripture is a path to illness.
83. Taking pride in one's wealth or being vain about one's honest poverty is a path to illness.
84. Proving the superiority of one's belief system by criticizing others is a path to illness.
85. Flaunting one's morality and religiosity is a path to illness.
86. Mocking other people's gods and holy sites is a path to illness.
87. Regretting past mistakes is a path to illness.
88. Dreaming of success while doing nothing is a path to illness.
89. Repaying a good deed with evil is a path to illness.
90. Refusing to help someone in need who begs for assistance, or refusing food to a beggar, is a path to illness.
91. Wasting time, money, and food is a path to illness.
92. Holding back the flow of the river of life is a path to illness.
93. Striving to imitate others and rejecting oneself is a path to illness.
94. Negligence and laziness that corrode the soul are paths to illness.
95. A deceitful heart, greedy eyes, and a lying tongue are paths to illness.
96. Offending a subordinate and insulting someone who depends on you is a path to illness.
97. Arguing with a king, a villain, or a sharp-tongued person is a path to illness.
98. Going to court against a judge, a rich person, or a powerful person is a path to illness.
99. Reproaching the heavens for rain and the ocean for a storm is a path to illness.
100. Opening your heart to a stranger and revealing your secret to an outsider is a path to illness.
101. Quarreling with a hot-tempered person, letting an envious person into your home, and traveling with a reckless person are paths to illness.
102. Raising a snake and playing with a scorpion are paths to illness.
103. Holding a grudge, nurturing distrust, and refusing to forgive mistakes are paths to illness.
104. Befriending a treacherous person, someone who loves gossip, or a dull-witted person is a path to illness.
105. Eating where depraved people who love every kind of filth and obscenity gather is a path to illness.
106. Living in luxury on borrowed money and reproaching the person who helps you is a path to illness.
107. Following the advice of a fool, the teachings of a liar, and the guidance of a self-interested person is a path to illness.
108. Feasting among the hungry is a path to illness.
