Principles That Should Be Activated

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

“Uppādetabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi na uppādetabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, na uppādetabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, na uppādetabbo dhammo.

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

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

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

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