an.10.187 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

With Suffering as Outcome

“I will teach you the principle that has suffering as outcome, and that which has happiness as outcome. …

And what is the principle whose outcome is suffering?
Killing living creatures …
wrong view.
This is the principle whose outcome is suffering.
And what is the principle whose outcome is happiness?
Not killing living creatures …
right view.
This is the principle whose outcome is happiness.”