dn2:58.1 There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.
dn2:58.2 This includes making predictions that the king will march forth or march back; or that our king will attack and the enemy king will retreat, or vice versa; or that our king will triumph and the enemy king will be defeated, or vice versa; and so there will be victory for one and defeat for the other.
dn2:58.3 They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.
dn2:58.4 This pertains to their ethics.



