Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)
AN 10.193
Principles That Should Be Activated · Uppādetabbadhammasutta
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“I will teach you the principle to activate and the principle not to activate. … And what is the principle not to activate? Killing living creatures … wrong view. This is called the principle not to activate.
“Uppādetabbañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi na uppādetabbañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, na uppādetabbo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, na uppādetabbo dhammo.
And what is the principle to activate? Not killing living creatures … right view. This is called the principle to activate.”