Numbered Discourses 10.194

19. The Noble Path

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.

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