Linked Discourses 14.25

3. Ways of Performing Deeds

The Five Precepts

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, sentient beings come 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.”