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SN 14.25

The Five Precepts

Pañcasikkhāpadasutta

from: 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 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.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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