- Linked Discourses 14.25 Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.25
3. Ways of Performing Deeds 3. Kammapathavagga
The Five Precepts Pañcasikkhāpadasutta
At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: “Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. those who kill living creatures with those who kill living creatures, Pāṇātipātino pāṇātipātīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; those who steal … adinnādāyino adinnādāyīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; commit sexual misconduct … kāmesumicchācārino kāmesumicchācārīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; lie … musāvādino musāvādīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor … surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhāyino surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhāyīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.
Those who refrain from killing living creatures … Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; who refrain from stealing … adinnādānā paṭiviratā adinnādānā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; who refrain from sexual misconduct … kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; who refrain from lying … musāvādā paṭiviratā musāvādā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; those who refrain from intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor with those who refrain from intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.” surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.
