mn41:12.1 And how is principled and moral conduct threefold by way of body?
mn41:12.2 It’s when someone gives up killing living creatures, renouncing the rod and the sword. They’re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.
mn41:12.3 They give up stealing. They don’t, with the intention to commit theft, take the wealth or belongings of others from village or wilderness.
mn41:12.4 They give up sexual misconduct. They don’t have relations with women who have their mother, father, both mother and father, brother, sister, relatives, or clan as guardian. They don’t have relations with a woman who is protected on principle, or who has a husband, or whose violation is punishable by law, or even one who has been garlanded as a token of betrothal.
mn41:12.5 This is how principled and moral conduct is threefold by way of body.