Sunday, August 4, 2013

Daily Words of the Buddha for August 04, 2013



Pāṇaṃ na hane na ca ghātayeyya,
na cānujaññā hanataṃ paresaṃ,
sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ.
Ye thāvarā ye ca tasā santi loke.

One should not kill a living being,
nor cause it to be killed,
nor should one incite another to kill.
Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.


Sutta Nipāta 2.396

The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland

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