SN.14.27. Dasakammapathasutta ("Ten Ways of Performing Deeds")

Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, sentient beings come together and converge because of an element: those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, those who steal … commit sexual misconduct … lie … speak divisively … speak harshly … talk nonsense … are covetous … are malicious … have wrong view …

Those who refrain from killing living creatures … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying … who refrain from divisive speech … who refrain from harsh speech … who refrain from talking nonsense … are not covetous … are not malicious … have right view with those who have right view.”



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