Five Precepts, or Training Rules (`pañcasikkhāpada`)

29 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

768. [The Bhagavā] was dwelling at Sāvatthī.

“It is by nature, Bhikkhave, that beings associate and come together.

Killers of living beings associate and come together with killers of living beings;

those who take what is not given associate and come together with those who take what is not given;

those who misconduct themselves in sensual pleasures associate and come together with those who misconduct themselves in sensual pleasures;

liars associate and come together with liars; and

those who indulge in wine, spirits, drugs and states of intoxication associate and come together with those who indulge in wine, spirits, drugs and states of intoxication.

769.

Those abstaining from killing living beings associate and come together with those abstaining from killing living beings;

those abstaining from taking what is not given associate and come together with those abstaining from taking what is not given;

those abstaining from sexual misconduct associate and come together with those abstaining from sexual misconduct;

those abstaining from false speech associate and come together with those abstaining from false speech; and

those abstaining from wine, spirits, drugs and states of intoxication associate and come together with those abstaining from wine, spirits, drugs and states of intoxication.”

Five Precepts, or Training Rules (`pañcasikkhāpada`)

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