Killing Living Creatures

Pāṇātipātasutta

Killing Living Creatures

Pāṇātipātasutta

EN
“… the sentient beings who refrain from killing living creatures are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”
PL
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pāṇātipātā appaṭiviratā. Taṁ kissa hetu? …pe…. Paṭhamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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