Tipiṭaka

Dasakanipāta 178

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Numbered Discourses 10.188

18. Good

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1 “I will teach you the principle that results in suffering and that which results in happiness. … And what is the principle that results in suffering? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the principle that results in suffering.

2 And what is the principle that results in happiness? Not killing living creatures … right view. This is called the principle that results in happiness.”

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Pali Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, Mahāsaṅgīti edition.

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