Linked Discourses 14.25
- 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 beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants …
Those who refrain from killing living creatures …
who refrain from stealing …
who refrain from sexual misconduct …
who refrain from lying …
those who refrain from consuming beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants with those who refrain from consuming beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.”