an.10.194 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Principles That Should Be Cultivated

“I will teach you the principle to cultivate and the principle not to cultivate. …

And what is the principle not to cultivate?
Killing living creatures …
wrong view.
This is called the principle not to cultivate.
And what is the principle to cultivate?
Not killing living creatures …
right view.
This is called the principle to cultivate.”