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an.10.185 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Mortifying

wrong view.
“I will teach you the mortifying principle and the unmortifying. …

And what is the mortifying principle?
Killing living creatures …
This is called the mortifying principle.
And what is the unmortifying principle?
Not killing living creatures …
right view.
This is called the unmortifying principle.”