SN 14.26 - Seven Ways of Performing Deeds
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Linked Discourses 14.26
3. Ways of Performing Deeds
Seven Ways of Performing Deeds
At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, sentient beings join 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 … backbite … speak harshly … talk nonsense …
Those who refrain from killing living creatures. … who refrain from stealing … who refrain from sexual misconduct … who refrain from lying … who refrain from backbiting … who refrain from harsh speech … who refrain from talking nonsense with those who refrain from talking nonsense.”