Principles That Should Be Cultivated

“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. …And what is the principle not to cultivate?Killing living creatures …wrong view.This is called the principle not to cultivate.

“Āsevitabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi nāsevitabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo.

“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. …“Āsevitabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi nāsevitabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… And what is the principle not to cultivate?katamo ca, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo? Killing living creatures …Pāṇātipāto …pe… wrong view.micchādiṭṭhi—This is called the principle not to cultivate.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nāsevitabbo dhammo.

And what is the principle to cultivate?Not killing living creatures …right view.This is called the principle to cultivate.”

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… sammādiṭṭhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo”ti.

And what is the principle to cultivate?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo? Not killing living creatures …Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… right view.sammādiṭṭhi—This is called the principle to cultivate.”ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, āsevitabbo dhammo”ti.