ten good acts ［十善］ ( jū-zen): The acts of refraining from committing the ten evil acts: (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual misconduct, (4) lying, (5) flattery or indiscriminate and irresponsible speech, (6) defamation, (7) duplicity, (8) greed, (9) anger, and (10) foolishness or the holding of mistaken views. Thus, the ten good acts are (1) not to kill, (2) not to steal, (3) not to engage in sexual misconduct, (4) not to lie, (5) not to flatter or use indiscriminate and irresponsible speech, (6) not to defame, (7) not to be duplicitous, (8) not to be greedy, (9) not to be angry, and (10) not to be foolish or hold mistaken views. The rules of monastic discipline that call for upholding the ten good acts are called the ten good precepts, which are at the same time an injunction against the ten evil acts.