SN 14.25 — The Five Precepts

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Linked Discourses 14.25
3. Ways of Performing Deeds
The Five Precepts
At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, sentient beings join 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 … consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor …
Those who refrain from killing living creatures … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying … those who refrain from intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor with those who refrain from intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.”